Christina Applegate Opens Up About 'Fatalistic' Depression: 'I Don't Enjoy Living'

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“I am in a depression right now, which I don’t think I’ve felt for years,” the “Dead to Me” star told her “MeSsy” podcast co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler. “Like, a real ‘fuck it all’ depression ... where it’s kind of scaring me too, a little bit, because it feels really fatalistic.”“It feels really ‘end of it,’” Applegate continued. “I don’t mean that, I just mean I’m trapped in this darkness right now that I haven’t felt in, like, I don’t even know how long, probably 20-something years.

In the conversation, which was recorded earlier this year, Applegate confirmed having called a therapist to discuss those feelings. She noted that even making an appointment, however, was a “big thing” for her. “I have avoided therapy since I’ve been diagnosed because I’m so afraid to start crying and that I’m not going to be able to end crying,” the 52-year-old told Sigler. “And so my way of doing things is to make fun of myself … at that stage [at thewhile presenting an award at the ceremony, after walking onstage with a cane to a standing ovation. The actor, who recently“That was, like, the hardest day of my life,” said Applegate.

“I’m kind of just giving up,” she added. “You know me. I’m so like, ‘Well, this is just it. I’m just going to lay in bed and sleep all the time.’ And then when my daughter needs me, I’ll be there for her, and I’ll do everything for her and push and do anything I possibly can.

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