Gilmore Girls star Jared Padalecki detailed his experience of checking into a mental health clinic in 2015 after struggling with suicidal ideation.
Content warning: This story discusses suicide.
Jared Padalecki is opening up about his personal mental health journey.
The Gilmore Girls alum shared that he checked into a clinic in 2015 after struggling with suicidal ideation.
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&#8220;I had a really low moment,&#8221; Jared recalled during the June 25 episode of Tommy DiDario&#8216;s I&#8217;ve Never Said This Before podcast, per People. &#8220;I was letting my thoughts take over and going to places of dramatic suicidal ideation.&#8221;
After opening up to wife Genevieve Padelecki—whom he married in 2010—about how he was feeling, the 41-year-old said she instructed him to &#8220;get home&#8221; so he could receive the professional help he needed.
&#8220;I got home, went to a clinic for a couple weeks and looked into it and haven&#8217;t been suicidal since,&#8221; Jared continued, &#8220;not for a moment.&#8221;
As for what contributed to his mental state? Jared shared that he partly &#8220;needed a reset&#8221; after dealing with the downsides of Hollywood for over a decade.
&#8220;I had spent 15 years in this industry,&#8221; the Supernatural alum explained. &#8220;You go to an audition or on a red carpet and they don&#8217;t want, ‘Jared, how are you doing today?&#8217; ‘Oh today was rough, I didn&#8217;t sleep.&#8217; They want, ‘Oh it&#8217;s great! Excited to be here!&#8217; So, I had done that for so long, trying to focus on what&#8217;s best for the person who&#8217;s talking to me as opposed to just being honest.&#8221;
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Now that he&#8217;s in a much better place, Jared—who shares kids Thomas Colton, 12, Austin Shepherd, 10 and Odette Elliott, 7, with Genevieve—is &#8220;proudly open&#8221; about his experience. As he put it, &#8220;I don&#8217;t wear it as a scarlet letter.&#8221;
Noting that there&#8217;s nothing &#8220;shameful&#8221; about going through a difficult time, Jared also advised that anyone who finds themself in a similar situation seek help.
&#8220;Please be open, please share, please find somebody whether it&#8217;s a friend or professional,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Speak the truth.&#8221;

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