Christina Applegate Admits She Doesn't Enjoy Life, Is Struggling With Depression Amid MS Diagnosis
justjared.comChristina Applegate is getting real about her mental health amid her multiple sclerosis diagnosis. On the latest episode of her podcast MeSsy, recorded back in January alongside co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the 52-year-old star said she was “in a depression.” “A real, f-ck-it-all depression — like, a real depression, where it’s kind of scaring me too a little bit because it feels really fatalistic, it feels really ‘end of,’” she went on to say. “I don’t mean that, but I’m trapped in this darkness right now that I haven’t felt in probably 20-something years. Keep reading to find out more… “I don’t enjoy living,” she added. “I don’t enjoy it.
I don’t enjoy things anymore.” She explained that she called her therapist, “which was a big thing for me to do,” and made an appointment for the next week. Christina admitted she hadn’t seen a therapist since the diagnosis since she was “so afraid to start crying” and would “not be able to end,” but has instead dealt with it through self-deprecation to “make people feel more comfortable about it.” She also discussed her Emmys appearance, calling it “like the hardest day of my life.
It started at 11 o’clock in the morning and I didn’t get home until 9:30 [p.m.]. I think I slept for two days straight. I couldn’t function.” Listen to the episode… She also revealed the reality TV show she turned down.
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