“Scandal” actress Kerry Washington has opened up about her mental health amid her “toxic” eating disorder, even admitting she plans to end her life.
Kerry Washington Admits She Thought About Ending Her Life
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Kerry Washington sat down for an interview with “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts for a “20/20” special, which will air Thursday, the actress opened up about how she had suicidal thoughts because of her eating disorder, and “trying to destroy myself.”
“I could feel how the abuse was a way of really hurting myself, like I didn’t want to be here,” she told Roberts in a preview for a “20/20” sit-down special that aired on America’s “Good Morning.” ” Thursday. “It scares me that I can’t be here because I’m in so much pain.”
When Roberts asked him if he considered killing himself, Washington replied, “Yes. Yes… That behavior was a small act of trying to destroy myself.”
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Washington went on to admit he prayed he would get better. “The first thing that brought me to my knees — like the first time I got down on my knees and prayed to a power greater than myself to say like, ‘I can’t do this, I need help’ — was eating away at me,” she told Roberts. .
“I’m good at acting ‘perfectly.’ I’m good at controlling. I can party all night and drink and smoke and have sex and still show up and get good grades,” the actress continued. “I know how to manage; I am very functional and food brings me out. Body-dysmorphia, body hatred, it’s out of my control and really leads me to feel like, ‘I need help for someone, or something, bigger than me because I’m in trouble and I don’t know how to live with this. ‘”
Washington’s Continued Struggle
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The “Little Fires Everywhere” actress previously opened up about her eating disorder in an interview with Essence, admitting she was “ashamed” of what she felt about it.
“I’ll eat anything and everything…sometimes until I pass out,” she told the magazine in 2020. “But, because I have a perfectionist personality, I’ll tell people I’m in the library , but instead go to the gym and work out for hours and hours. Keeping my behavior a secret was painful and isolating. There is a lot of guilt and a lot of shame.”
Washington said she started therapy, which has helped her cope.
“Learning how to love myself and my body is a lifelong process,” she says. “But I’m definitely not struggling like I used to. Therapy helped me realize that it might be okay for me to share my feelings. Instead of stuffing them with food, maybe it’s okay for me to express my feelings.”
Kerry Washington Is In A Better Place
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Fortunately, the “Scandal” actress is in a better place, although she still needs to control herself and realize her disorder.
“I wouldn’t say I’ve never acted with food, it’s just that it’s very different now,” he admitted in a “20/20” preview. “It’s not an exaggeration. No suicidal ideation, that’s not my place anymore. But I knew, ‘Oh, I’m really into this chocolate, this is good information for me.’ The bottom had gotten so much higher that just a little discomfort with it was enough for me to know this was a way to check myself. But it sure looks healthier. It’s easier. It’s a lot more sane than it used to be.”
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