. Bell shares that her mother, a nurse, sat her down when
she was 18 years old, and explained that there’s “a serotonin imbalance” in
their genetics.
“I’ve always had
a really open and honest dialogue about that — especially with my mum — which
I’m so grateful for, because you have to be able to cope with it,” Bell says.
“I mean, I present this very cheerful, bubbly person, but I also do a lot of
work.
“I got on a
prescription when I was really young to help with my anxiety and depression and
I still take it today.
“I have no shame
in that, because my mum had said to me, ‘If you start to feel this way, talk to
your doctor, talk to a psychologist — see how you want to help yourself. And if
you do decide to go on a prescription to help yourself, understand that the
world wants to shame you for that, but in the medical community you would never
deny a diabetic his insulin — ever.’ But for some reason when someone needs a
serotonin inhibitor, they’re immediately crazy or something.
“I don’t know,
it’s a very interesting double standard that I don’t often have the ability to
talk about, but I certainly feel no shame about.”
Bell, who says
her grandmother was one of the first people they tested electroshock therapy
on, also gets candid about other issues she is mindful about
“I’m extremely co-dependent,” she admits. “I shatter a
little bit when I think people don’t like me. That’s probably why I lead with
kindness, and I compensate by being very bubbly all the time, because it really
hurts my feelings when I’m not liked. And I know that’s not very healthy, and I
fight it all the time.
“I changed who I
was often,” she says about her experience in high school. “I changed my
interests based on what my friends liked, and I really didn’t realise that
until I was in my 30s — that I had sort of changed for everybody.”
Last November, the Bad Moms star
opened up to ET about
undergoing couples therapy with her husband, Dax Shepard.
“Our
relationship wasn’t perfect,” Bell openly said, although the pair is definitely
one of the most beloved couples in Hollywood. “We had a couple years of
fighting and of growing pains and hating each other, then loving each other and
going to couples therapy and we worked it out ... We earned each other.”
Bell and Shepard
have been married since 2013, and have two daughters together — three-year-old
Lincoln and one-year-old Delta. The couple certainly appears to be more in love
than ever these days, making an adorable music video together in January of
their vacation to Africa.
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