While many see Kelly Ripa as a fun-loving, bubbly, extrovert, she reveals that she has struggled with anxiety for most of her adult life in her new memoir, “Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories.” The “Live with Kelly and Ryan” host explains what it’s like to deal with mental health issues behind the scenes and how therapy has helped her.
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“I Have a Severe Case of Social Anxiety Disorder”
In her book, Ripa, 51, recalls when she began therapy after believing she was depressed. His therapist suggested that his job might be causing him to feel “sad”. “I have a severe case of social anxiety disorder, and I tend to say awkward or inappropriate things when under pressure,” she wrote in the book. “People think that because I’m an extrovert on television, I’m one in real life. Surprise. That’s why they call it acting.”
The actress explained what she told her therapist. “I have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. I almost always wake up crying at the thought of having to go to work. I felt like I was in physical pain. my hair hurts I have no energy at all. I’m easily distracted,” he wrote. “When I’m playing with my kids, I feel like I’m forgetting to do something at work, and when I’m working, I feel like I’m forgetting to do something for my kids.” He continued by discussing the crying he experienced. “I cry myself in the shower. I cry myself to sleep. I cry backstage. I sometimes want to cry in the middle of the show,” she explained. “Sometimes I feel like I can’t breathe.”
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Ripa Credits Her Therapist For Learning How To “Be A Better Self-Advocate”
Ripa recently discussed how therapy helped her deal with her anxiety and heal the past with PEOPLE. “I learned that there is a certain amount of narcissism that is necessary to survive, a healthy narcissism. And I was like, what does that mean? That’s an oxymoron,” he said. “And [my therapist] is like, it’s not really. Healthy narcissism allows you to live, make safe choices, breathe, things like that. And he was like, that’s a good thing to have. But thinking that you can single-handedly fix everything, that’s where it boils down to, you’re not that important.”
She went on to describe how her therapist taught her “how to be a better self-advocate” and how to think in a different way. “My therapist was really, really smart and still is and taught me that I’m not that important in the grand scheme of things. That no is the healthiest word out there when making a decision. And he really taught me how to be a better self-advocate, how to think about things in a different way,” she explained. “How to really understand that when I meet someone who is toxic, it has nothing to do with me and everything -everything has to do with them. And when you start thinking about that, it really reframes the picture for you.
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Ripa Also Makes Setting Boundaries An Important Part Of Her Life
In the memoir, the mother of three writes about her struggle with self-awareness. “I question whether or not my high-functioning social anxiety disorder, my low-functioning borderline personality disorder, my reckless agoraphobia, my out-of-control ADHD have affected my kids, but they seem great,” she wrote. He also added a footnote, “All of the above psychological disorders are self-diagnosed.”
While speaking with ET recently, Ripa explained that setting boundaries has become an important part of her life. “We’re trained to say, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, let me see what we can do, let me figure out how to solve this. I will turn myself into a pretzel to make things uncomfortable for me so that you can get the desired result,” he said. “Once you learn the power of ‘No, that doesn’t work for me,’ it takes all negotiation off the table…the person has to either acquiesce or move on and that has been of great benefit to me.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health and needs help, text “STRENGTH” to 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
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