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Things Got So Bad

In the past few months, this foreign born alliterate A-/B+ list mostly movie actress who used to be higher on the list, has been doing some talking about herself.

It is probably the first time she has ever done that.

She did used to talk to friends, but I remember about a decade ago, one of those friends talked a lot and many of the things related by our actress ended up on this site. So, everything went quiet.

Now, instead of a friend who is talking it is the significant other of the actress because he is scared she will end up dead and he wants everyone to know in advance he had nothing to do with it if she is found dead.

I think she knows this which is why she has talked just a little, but it is kind of hard to just come right out and say you held a gun to your head and threatened to pull the trigger.

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Opens Up About Having A Mental Breakdown At 22

Actress Keira Knightley has spoken out about having a mental breakdown and being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in her early twenties.

According to Knightley, the breakdown happened in 2007 when she 22, after she rose to worldwide stardom in Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean and Love Actually.

“I did have a mental breakdown at 22, so I did take a year off there and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder because of all of that stuff,” Knightley told The Hollywood Reporter on their ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast.

When talking about “all of that stuff,” Knightley was referring to the pressure of her early success, the emphasis on her appearance in the press and the relentlessness of the paparazzi.

The actress, now 33, said she was regularly followed by as many as 20 paparazzi a day, revealing she felt “worthless.” “It was big money to get pictures of women falling apart,” she added.

As well as being baited by hordes of paparazzi on a daily basis, Knightley struggled with negativity in the press.

“It was still very confusing because you’re getting all these nominations for all of these things, but press-wise, when I’m going into interviews, people are saying, ‘Everybody thinks you’re shit,’ or focusing on your looks, or focusing on what’s wrong with you. And again, I was 19 – you can only hear the negative stuff,” she said. “I felt pretty much like actually I didn’t exist and I was this weird creature with this weird face that people seemed to respond to in quite an extreme way, and I couldn’t quite figure any of it out.”

After the mental breakdown and PTSD diagnosis, Knightley took a year off, which she called “one of the most important years of my life.”

When she returned to work after “going deep into therapy,” Knightley said she felt good, “I felt better – and suddenly didn’t care [about the views of others].” – Source


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