Nope star is opening up about his mental health issues.
The 28-year-old former Nickelodeon actress, who began her career in the industry at age 10 with a role in Barber Shop 2: Back in Business — this week about how he dealt with “a lot of depression and anxiety” early in his career. Palmer explained that these issues stemmed from “not being able to process my emotions” and “having so much responsibility at a young age.”
“I realized the power of positivity when I was battling depression at such a young age, even before I knew what I was battling,” he said. True Jackson, Vice President alum continued. “I thought, ‘Well, if I make others laugh, I feel good. That’s enough to get you through the day.’”
Palmer has spoken before about his mental health. In 2017, the scream queens the actress shared her struggles in her self-help book . She said Cosmopolitan of “If you grow up in the industry, it forces you to be nice at all times… When it comes to saying, ‘I’m tired and I want to figure out how to better balance my life,’ ‘I feel lonely, ‘I’m scared of my stardom,’ those things I couldn’t say.”
In May, Palmer also spoke about about him .
“I felt so alone, I tell you. It’s such a loneliness that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy,” he told host Alex Cooper. “There is no way out of this. It was just a sense of hopelessness when it came to human connection and interaction, and that’s something I thrive on, that’s what made me love acting. And now, I can barely connect with people and people can barely connect with me. Oh no, I can never go back. You can never go back. Once you’re famous, you can never go back.”
In addition to her openness about her mental health struggles, Palmer has shared her battle with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), which she says led to acne and unwanted body hair. She first on Instagram in December 2020 and in November 2021 he appeared on The Tamron Show Show to explain with his followers.
“It’s a responsibility, and sometimes it can be stressful, and other times it can happen naturally. I try to be thoughtful about my platform,” she said at the time. “I’ll be honest though, when it came to PCOS and my acne issues, it was about empowering myself. It was to give me the opportunity to say ‘You know, just know who you are. Love yourself.'”
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