Brittany Snow struggled through an eating disorder, depression and anxiety, but according to the actress, the backlash of sharing her story made it worse.
Back in 2007, Snow penned an emotional and personal essay about her experiences hoping to raise awareness and lift the stigmas surrounding mental health. But what she wasn’t prepared for, was the “awful” aftermath.
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“I think there was still a stigma around sharing so much truth, and it kind of got seen as me being self-indulgent or trying to gain attention,” the “Pitch Perfect” star, 33, told InStyle magazine. “I definitely wasn’t ready for that. I was too young and not prepared for what was going to happen. And it wasn’t even that bad – it just was me feeling like I didn’t have the tools to really be able to help people and help myself.”
After the nasty backlash, Snow says her anxiety got so bad that she stopped delivering at work.
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“I did the ‘Pitch Perfect’ movies in the meantime and did a show called ‘Harry’s Law’, [during] which I was usually unable to speak on set, and then had to slowly get myself back to a place where I was comfortable,” she explained.
“Now, so many people are so open with their stories, and it’s very, very cool and accepted that people are sharing their truth,” she continued. “I might’ve spoken too early, but at the same time, it started and was the impetus for so many changes in my life that have worked out really well, so it’s okay… I think that that’s a really nice thing to feel like I was a part of, where I can tell my daughter one day, ‘I was really honest when a lot of people weren’t being honest.'”
