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Kevin Smith is opening up about seeking help following a “scary” incident where he was convinced he was losing his mind in a candid new interview.
The “Clerks” star speaks out about checking into Arizona’s Sierra Tucson treatment centre to undergo “intensive therapy” and work on his mental health in a new interview with People.
Smith recalls a morning last January that made him get help, telling the magazine: “It was scary,” describing the incident as a “complete break from reality.”
He says, “At that moment, I wouldn’t have been averse to not being around any longer. I called a friend and said, ‘I’m in a weird, dark place. I need to go somewhere and get help.'”
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While in the treatment centre, Smith learned how multiple childhood traumas had resulted in him hiding behind a “larger than life” personality. However, it was just a cover up.
He recalls being sexually abused as a child — he was just 6 years old when an older boy he didn’t know made him perform sexual acts with a young girl — as well as being shamed for his weight by a fourth grade teacher when he was 9 years old.
Smith remembers of the teacher making fun of his “gut” in class, “I felt disgusting, like I didn’t matter. That’s when ‘the other guy’ started to appear. I decided to be entertaining and make people love me before they noticed I was fat.”
He adds of being 24 when “Clerks” was released, “I was already a self-loathing mess. ‘The other guy’ became my favourite piece of clothing to wear. I’d just let him take over.”
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Content warning: This story contains discussion and description of sexual assault.Kevin Smith has revealed that he spent a month in a mental health treatment facility after having “a complete break from reality” last year. The events were caused by unresolved issues concerning childhood trauma.In a new interview with People, the Clerks and Chasing Amy director spoke for the first time about his experiences of being sexually abused and guilted for his weight as a child.
Kevin Smith is getting candid and honest in a new interview, where he openly discusses his decision to seek help.
Kevin Smith is opening up about childhood moments that led to him seeking mental health treatment.
Kevin Smith is revealing for the first time that he spent one month at a treatment facility to address memories that he said put him «in a weird, dark place.» And it was at that moment when he said he knew he needed to get help.The famed director opened up like never before about his mental health struggles, telling he woke up one morning last January in «terror» and he was convinced he was losing his mind. At the center of his mental health struggles was a traumatizing episode at six years old when he said he was sexually abused when an older boy he didn't know forced him to perform sexual acts with a young neighborhood girl.Smith told the outlet he was convinced that they «were just playing doctor in an alleyway,» but it was his therapist who opened his eyes.«When a third party is instructing you to do something against your core values like that,» Smith recalled the therapist telling him, «that's sexual abuse.»There was another incident Smith recalled that proved traumatizing, and that was a teacher fat-shaming him when he was just nine years old and made fun of his «gut» in front of the entire class.«I felt disgusting, like I didn't matter.
lifelong struggle with his weight.“It was scary,” Smith, 52, told People. “At that moment, I wouldn’t have been averse to not being around any longer.
Kevin Smith is getting vulnerable about the “dark place” he was in prior to seeking mental health help. In January of last year, the Clerks di
Director and actor Kevin Smith checked into a mental health facility after suffering a "complete break from reality" in January 2022. "It was scary," Smith, 52, admitted in a new interview. "At that moment, I wouldn't have been averse to not being around any longer," the "Clerks" director told People magazine.
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