Kevin Smith has revealed that he took a monthlong break last January to get treatment for his mental health.
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Imagesrevealed that he took a monthlong break last January to get treatment for his mental health. After recognizing that he was dealing with trauma stemming from childhood sexual abuse and body dysmorphia, which spurred what he described toas a “complete break from reality,” the filmmaker checked into Arizona’s Sierra Tucson treatment center. Smith said he felt suicidal and asked a friend to help him get treatment.
Smith told the magazine that when he was 6, an older boy forced him into sex acts with a young girl. “When a third party is instructing you to do something against your core values like that, that’s sexual abuse,” Smith said. Three years later, Smith suffered embarrassment when his fourth-grade teacher ridiculed the girth of his stomach in front of his classmates. “I felt disgusting, like I didn’t matter,” he said. “That’s when ‘the other guy’ started to appear.
While in treatment, Smith learned about trauma, especially when sharing his experiences with military vets suffering from PTSD. “In the beginning, it was tough to share when somebody’s talking about watching their friend get killed and I’m like, ‘Well, my fourth-grade teacher told me I was fat,'” Smith said. “But I learned that there’s no differentiation [between levels of trauma] to the human nervous system. Internally, trauma is trauma.
In addition to speaking with the magazine, Smith participated in a nearly 35-minute video in which he talks about his struggles.
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