General Hospital’s Maurice Benard shares mental health message after Billy Miller’s death

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following Miller’s death.“Since the pandemic, I have been speaking out on suicide quite a lot,” Benard, 60, shared via Instagram on Tuesday. “In the beginning, I was hesitant.

I didn’t know how people would handle it. But it’s been very encouraging so I have not stopped talking about it! It’s really hard to understand mental illness unless you have experienced the depths of pain that comes with it.”“If you know anyone who is going through any kind of darkness, chaos, pain … Just know, all you can do is give them love, patience, understanding, and hopefully professional help if they agree,” he continued. “And unfortunately, if someone doesn’t want to be on this earth anymore, there’s only so much we can do just remember, it’s not your fault never blame yourself.”Benard also shared a video he did two months prior speaking about mental health on his “State Of Mind with Maurice Benard” YouTube series.“If you’re feeling in any kind of way, like life is not worth living for don’t think twice to talk to someone take it from the most fragile person in the world you can get through it,” he added in his Instagram caption. “And life has a way of rewarding you.”Benard and Miller starred together on ABC’s “General Hospital” for five years.

Benard has played Sonny Corinthos since 1993, and Miller played both Jason Morgan and Drew Cain.Benard’s social media post comes days after Miller died at the age of 43 in Austin, Texas, on Sept.