Actress Kristen Bell was plagued by a sense of worthlessness during the height of her battle with depression.
The 35-year-old Frozen star was in her teens when the mental disease first took hold, and she turned to her mother for some life-changing advice.
In a new essay published on Time Magazine's website Motto on Tuesday, Kristen writes: "When I was 18, my mum sat me down and said, 'If there ever comes a time where you feel like a dark cloud is following you, you can get help. You can talk to me, talk to a therapist, talk to doctor. I want you to know that there are options'."
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The advice helped her when she suffered a low while studying at New York University.