Kristen Bell has opened up about her struggle with depression and anxiety.
In a candid interview with Off Camera the Frozen star opened up about her battle with mental health after admitting she "wants to be liked".
"I'm extremely codependent. I shatter a little bit when I think people don't like me,” she explained.
”That's part of why I lead with kindness and I compensate by being very bubbly all the time, because it really hurts my feeling when I know I'm not liked.
”And I know that's not very healthy, and I fight it all the time."
The 35-year-old mum of two explained added: "I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. There is a serotonin imbalance in our family lime."
"[My mum's] a nurse and she had the wherewithal to recognise that in herself when she was feeling it, and when I was 18, she said 'If you start to feel like there is no sunlight around you and you are paralysed with fear, this is what it is'."
Kristen revealed that she has been prescribed medicine to help with the symptoms, saying: “I got on a prescription when I was really young and I still take it today.
“I have no shame in that because my mum said to me, 'If you start to feel this way, talk to your doctor, talk to a psychologist, see how you want to help yourself'."
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star, who is married to actor Dax Shepard, added: "You want to be able to cope with it. I present this cheery bubbly persona, but I check in with myself.
"If you decide to go on a prescription to help yourself, understand that the world want to shame you for that, but in the medical community, you would never deny a diabetic his insulin."
Hear, hear Kristen!
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