Anne Hathaway on her depression as a teen
Anne Hathaway recently told British magazine Tatler that she suffered from anxiety and depression as a teen, and has an interesting perspective on being a “different person” at the time:
“I said to Mom the other day, ‘Do you remember that girl? She has now gone, gone to sleep. She has said her piece and is gone.’ But then I thought, I so remember her, only she is no longer part of me. I am so sorry she was hurting for so long. It’s all so negatively narcissistic to be so consumed with self.” [Reported by Yahoo News]
Many people might take issue with thinking of depression as “consumed with self” - it is a provocative idea. But with my own past experience with depression, I think there is some validity to it.
Not that being “narcissistic” brings on depression, but that when you are suffering from it, your perspectives on life tend to get restricted to your dark moods.
Continued on Depression And Creativity.
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