Christina Applegate opens up about scary, fatalistic depression amid battle with MS

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Christina Applegate is being very candid and open about her heartbreaking battle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The actress revealed her diagnosis back in August 2021, and three years later, she confessed to being in a deep depression that has left her feeling trapped.Applegate opened up about her state of mind on her and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s “MeSsy” podcast in an episode published Tuesday.

But the episode was recorded after the “Dead to Me” star’s surprise appearance at the 2024 Emmy Awards in January, which she described as the “hardest” day of her life, saying she slept the next two days. “I’m in a depression right now, which I don’t think I’ve felt that for years,” the 52-year-old actress shared. “Like a real, f**k-it-all depression where it’s kind of scaring me, too, a little bit because it feels really fatalistic,” she continued. “I’m trapped in, like, this darkness right now that I haven’t felt [in], like, I don’t even know how long, probably 20-something years.”MS is a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and nerves).

It can lead to a wide range of symptoms that range from mild, (blurred vision, numbness, tingling) to severe, (paralysis, vision loss, and mobility problems), per MedicalNewsToday.In a moment of “honesty” Applegate said as a result, she no longer enjoys living. “I don’t enjoy it.