Dax Shepard opens up about the duties a husband has to fulfill when his wife Kristen Bell feels down.
Shepard, 49, spoke about her “coping mechanisms” for depression on her Nov. 25 show. armchair expert podcast as the conversation turned to Bell’s struggles.
“Kristen has depression, so her depression isn’t necessarily caused by the incident,” he said in a conversation with guest Anna Kendrick.
“It’s not like there’s anything special about her. She just has that wave. She sleeps a lot and there’s nothing I can do and I don’t think I should.” said of Bell, 44.
Mr. Shepherd is no one wants this The actress is in a “slump” while experiencing a depressive episode.
“She’ll sleep well for a while and then wake up quickly. Now, that used to scare me,” he admitted. “And I thought, ‘Is this going to last forever?’
The podcast says he’s now “well through this cycle” that he knows his wife will “prepare really, really, really intensively for a few days, then sleep well for a few days, and then recover.” he added. Please finish now. ”
Ms Shepherd then revealed how she was trying to support her mental health during this time, adding that the process had been “steps”.
“I’ll be kind to you. [be] Something like, “Hey, love.” Have you seen a psychiatrist recently? I’m not saying you need to do anything. But have you seen a psychiatrist? ‘ he said. It evolved because I was trying to fix it. ”
He explained, “That’s my nature and I would try to get her to stop doing that or teach her what’s good in her life.” [make a] Gratitude list. ”
“There’s one thing I still have to do. She likes this, but it’s not a trigger.” [her] Feeling judged about sad things [saying] “Let’s go for a walk, let’s go for a hike,” he added, “just encouraging them to move around.”
Bell has also spoken out on numerous occasions about her own mental health journey with depression and anxiety.
But even though Bell continues to advocate for mental health, at one point she decided to keep her struggle “private.”
At the time, she revealed that Shepherd challenged her to open up after he got honest about his own recovery from drug addiction.
Kristen and Dax, who married in 2013, have two children, Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 9.
