Madelaine Petschis opening up about her mental health.During an interview for the August cover ofNylon,the actress — who stars as Cheryl Blossom onRiverdale— shared that she’s dealt with “really bad” panic attacks and social anxiety throughout her life and spoke out against the “stigma” around going to therapy.“Talk about stigma, dude,” Petsch, 24, told the outlet. “I mean, I didn’t even know what it was, but I used to get really bad panic attacks right before I bookedRiverdale. Then, I started getting really bad social anxiety, and I only was able to [hone] in on what those things are and work through them [with therapy].”Though she says she hasn’t “even made a dent in all the work I need to do,” she explained that going to therapy was a crucial first step in addressing her mental health struggles.“Just being able to [hone] in on what it is and identify it is the first step,” Petsch said. “I only could have done that with therapy. So I understand that maybe people think that there is some kind of stigma around therapy, but, like, you talk to your mom, you talk to your friends — it’s the same thing.”Frazer Harrison/GettyMadelaine Petsch and Camila Mendes.Katie Jones/WWD/ShutterstockTheRiverdalestar also shared that she’s able to lean on her cast members during bad days when her “anxiety is through the roof.”“Mental health is incredibly important to me, and I’m so happy that I’m part of a group of women with the [Riverdale] cast that all speak so vocally about it,” Petsch said.She continued: “If I’m having a bad day and I’m feeling like my anxiety is through the roof, I will call [costar]Cami[la Mendes], and I will go to her place, and we’ll eat dried apricots and talk about all of my problems until I have vented it out.”Araya Diaz/WireImageIn the interview, Petsch also shared a message to her fans and followers, reminding them that nobody is perfect.“I don’t think perfectionism and art can even be in the same sentence, but I wasn’t aware of that when I first started … Not even necessarily with Cheryl, but more with Madelaine as a person — like, my life had to be perfect,” the actress explained.“But I realized that no one’s life is perfect,” she continued. “My life is certainly nowhere near it. There’s no such thing as perfect art and artist.”
Madelaine Petschis opening up about her mental health.
During an interview for the August cover ofNylon,the actress — who stars as Cheryl Blossom onRiverdale— shared that she’s dealt with “really bad” panic attacks and social anxiety throughout her life and spoke out against the “stigma” around going to therapy.
“Talk about stigma, dude,” Petsch, 24, told the outlet. “I mean, I didn’t even know what it was, but I used to get really bad panic attacks right before I bookedRiverdale. Then, I started getting really bad social anxiety, and I only was able to [hone] in on what those things are and work through them [with therapy].”
Though she says she hasn’t “even made a dent in all the work I need to do,” she explained that going to therapy was a crucial first step in addressing her mental health struggles.
“Just being able to [hone] in on what it is and identify it is the first step,” Petsch said. “I only could have done that with therapy. So I understand that maybe people think that there is some kind of stigma around therapy, but, like, you talk to your mom, you talk to your friends — it’s the same thing.”
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Madelaine Petsch and Camila Mendes.Katie Jones/WWD/Shutterstock
TheRiverdalestar also shared that she’s able to lean on her cast members during bad days when her “anxiety is through the roof.”
“Mental health is incredibly important to me, and I’m so happy that I’m part of a group of women with the [Riverdale] cast that all speak so vocally about it,” Petsch said.
She continued: “If I’m having a bad day and I’m feeling like my anxiety is through the roof, I will call [costar]Cami[la Mendes], and I will go to her place, and we’ll eat dried apricots and talk about all of my problems until I have vented it out.”
Araya Diaz/WireImage
In the interview, Petsch also shared a message to her fans and followers, reminding them that nobody is perfect.
“I don’t think perfectionism and art can even be in the same sentence, but I wasn’t aware of that when I first started … Not even necessarily with Cheryl, but more with Madelaine as a person — like, my life had to be perfect,” the actress explained.
“But I realized that no one’s life is perfect,” she continued. “My life is certainly nowhere near it. There’s no such thing as perfect art and artist.”
source: people.com
