Linda Hamilton joke she was a hot mess for her first 40 years (exclusive)

Linda Hamilton becomes sincere about its decades long mental health journey.

The actress spoke with people exclusively about everything from becoming a grandmother to her new sci-fi movie, Osiris. During the conversation, Hamilton-that has opened up about her experience of depression and bipolar disorder earlier-to her action star persona often make people believe that she is invincible in reality as well.

“No one ever thinks I will fight. (They think) I will have a good time -” It’s Linda Hamilton, “says the actress, 68.

But she went on to say that she is currently in a solid place – in no small part because of many years of work with her Mental health. “I have found the right true balance and stability on my day and in my life,” Stranger Things Actress parts. “And I can also activate any safeguard measures that I learned from 20 years of therapy.”

“If I have a bad day, it does not mean that my behavior must be bad or that my actions (must be),” she explains and adds, “I am experienced enough now to go,” Well (do) that may sound good right now, but really in an hour, will you want to do so? ”

“I can apply the brakes because I spent years and years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to get better,” she continues.

The Terminator 2: Dom Day Star also shared encouraging words for others who may struggle with their own mental health. “People just can’t give up themselves. That’s the thing. It’s just to keep looking until you find it through it. I’m living proof that it can be done,” she says before I was joking, “and I was a hot mess during the first 40 years.”

Hamilton adds that she has found peace by trying to put more focus on the needs of others. “I never think of myself. It was the first 40 years (…). And when I got the balance (…) I did a deal with myself that it would never be about me again. And it’s hardly ever. It’s just not about me.”

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“I want to hit, help people, make people laugh, make my house beautiful. The normal things. Love my dogs to death. (And) everything makes me very happy,” she says.

The actress, who first broke out in Sci-Fi Action Epic 1984 Shutterrevealed publicly that she had both bipolar disorder and depression in 2004. “I would say (I had) 20 whole years of symptoms, didn’t count my childhood. From 20 to 40. I call them my lost years,” she said in an exclusive interview with AP -Radio at that time.

She also shared that she had Intensive mood swingsBut did not understand why then. “My first husband (actor Bruce Abbott) said you have the most incredible joy and the most incredible sadness that comes with it. Without giving it a name, he had pretty much summarized it for me,” she recalled.

She went on to describe her manic sections as “an incredibly brilliant time” – with serious consequences. “You don’t have to sleep. I think I was on four hours of sleep per night for four years. Sleep does not seem necessary. You wake up and feel good. But it’s not all great emotions. Much of the furious one I thought was the manic part of my disturbance,” she shared.

“The capacity for fighting, war, taking everything on, taking too much on, over -performing and then raging because my system was so exhausted,” she recalled.

Hamilton continued to say that she had decided to talk publicly about her experience in the hope of helping others. “I want to DESTIGMATATE THE WORDS MESSIES“She told AP Radio.” Someone has to come out and do this okay for people to talk about and get help and take advantage of the resources. ”

If you or someone you know, mental health needs help, text “strength” to the crisis text line of 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis adviser.