Christina Applegate has clarified recent comments she made about struggling with her mental health amid her battle with multiple sclerosis (MS), saying she was "very disturbed" by the "clickbait" about her remarks.
Christina Applegate is clarifying recent comments that she made about struggling with her mental health amid her battle with multiple sclerosis (MS).
During the June 4 episode of her "MeSsy" podcast, which she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the 52-year-old "Dead to Me" actress shared that she was "in a depression."
Christina Applegate Clarifies Mental Health Remarks, Says She's "Good
"Like a real, f--- it all depression where it's kind of scaring me a little bit because it feels really fatalistic. I'm trapped in this darkness right now that I haven't felt like... I don't even know how long, probably 20 something years," said Applegate, who first revealed her diagnosis with the chronic disease in 2021.
"This is being really honest... I don't enjoy living. I don't enjoy it. I don't enjoy things anymore," she added.
Christina Applegate Clarifies Mental Health Remarks, Says She's "Good
In the latest episode of the "MeSsy" podcast, Applegate reassured fans who were concerned about her well-being and said she was "very disturbed" by the "clickbait" about her remarks.
"I'm good. Does that take a little bit of the pressure off of all of you? I'm good," Applegate said.
Christina Applegate Clarifies Mental Health Remarks, Says She's "Good
"Let's address it," said Sigler, who is also battling MS.
"We are going to address it," Applegate said. "I was talking about some dark stuff I was thinking and feeling."
Christina Applegate Clarifies Mental Health Remarks, Says She's "Good
"This is our safe place to get those things out," she continued. "Because I feel that when we hold things in, we give them power. I also think that there's so much shame that a lot of people feel when they're going through mental health issues, and they call them issues."
"I hate that," the actress added. "It's not mental issues. It's not a problem. It's a moment. It's a thought. It's a feeling. And when people hold those in because they're so afraid to say how they truly feel, we give it immense power."
The actress previously shared that she was "in a depression" and said, "I don't enjoy living." (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
The "Married… with Children" alum said she believes "society has told us that we're supposed to be just f------ fine."
"And I am not into that," Applegate said. "I am not a proponent of that kind of thing. I think that it's incredibly healing and important to be able to express the thoughts, whether that makes someone uncomfortable or not, to be able to say it."
Following her remarks, the Emmy Award winner said she began receiving text messages from people who were worried about her and had to reassure them that she has "beautiful people around me and beautiful support systems."
However, Applegate expressed her fear that the outpouring of concern might make others more reluctant to express their feelings.
"By making such a big deal about it you’re making other people think, ‘Oh, s---, I can’t talk about this.’ And that is not OK with me," she said. "It’s important to be able to say these things. And, no, I’m not sitting here on suicide watch, OK? I am
