{"id":85010,"date":"2022-10-02T21:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T21:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-star-olivia-cooke-says-she-had-a-full-mental-breakdown-at-age-22-it-was-bad\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T21:05:05","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-star-olivia-cooke-says-she-had-a-full-mental-breakdown-at-age-22-it-was-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-star-olivia-cooke-says-she-had-a-full-mental-breakdown-at-age-22-it-was-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"‘House of the Dragon’ star Olivia Cooke says she had a ‘full mental breakdown’ at age 22: ‘It was bad’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House of the Dragon<\/em> star Olivia Cooke is speaking out about her experience with depression. (Photo: REUTERS\/Maja Smiejkowska)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

House of the Dragon<\/em> actress Olivia Cooke is opening up about her mental health, sharing that she experienced a “full mental breakdown” at age 22.<\/p>\n

Now 28, the British actress tells the Observer<\/em> that she struggled with loneliness while filming the A&E series Bates Motel <\/em>in Canada.<\/p>\n

“I’m so grateful for that job, but I had a really tough time on it,\u201d says Cooke, who played Emma Decody on the Hitchcock-inspired drama, which ran from 2013 to 2017. \u201cThe way the schedule worked, we all had different storylines, so a lot of my time was spent in this apartment in Vancouver, working once every two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

By 2016, that sense of isolation had grown into full-fledged depression, she tells the UK publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a big old lovely cocktail: being homesick and not knowing it, having not stopped since I was 18, being on my own for large swathes of time,” she says of her “full mental breakdown.” “It was bad, bad. Awful, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

but the Sound of Metal <\/em>star didn’t step back from acting to focus on her mental well-being.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, no, I was working all the way through,\u201d says Cooke, who at the time was shooting both Ready Player One <\/em>and Thoroughbreds.<\/em> \u201cI was very good at hiding it. If anything, I was like, let me escape myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s wasn’t until 2019 that she noticed a more significant reprieve from “the incessant, persistent, anxious thoughts” that plagued her. Now starring as Alicent Hightower on HBO’s game of Thrones<\/em> prequel, Cooke says she’s found herself in a “sweet spot” these days \u2014 something she credits to her new TV gig, a move back to London after a breakup with girls<\/em> actor Christopher Abbott and the chance to have something of a break amid the pandemic. And while she’s still months shy of turning 29, she’s at eager to embrace what’s ahead.<\/p>\n

“You wouldn’t pay to go back to 22,” she says. “Well, I wouldn’t.”<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255, or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wellness, parenting, body image and more: Get to know the <\/strong>who<\/em><\/strong> behind the <\/strong>hoo<\/em><\/strong> with Yahoo Life’s newsletter. <\/strong>Sign up here<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke is speaking out about her experience with depression. (Photo: REUTERS\/Maja Smiejkowska) House of the Dragon actress Olivia Cooke is opening up about her mental health, sharing that she experienced a “full mental breakdown” at age 22. Now 28, the British actress tells the Observer that she struggled with …<\/p>\n

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