{"id":167801,"date":"2025-06-08T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167801\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:34:08","slug":"the-morning-show-star-reveals-his-strict-regimen-for-living-with-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167801\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Morning Show&#8217; star reveals his strict regimen for living with depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Duplass confessed that dealing with his depression and anxiety can be a grind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really complicated system of making sure you get enough sleep, making sure you get exercise every day, making sure I\u2019m being really careful about the medication I take, never to miss it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/20\/entertainment\/the-morning-show-star-shocked-jennifer-aniston-was-normal-and-approachable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u201cMorning Show\u201d star<\/a> told Page Six exclusively at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/03\/photos\/gotham-television-awards-2025-awards-red-carpet-renee-zellweger-alec-and-hilaria-baldwin-elisabeth-moss-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gotham Television Awards<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old actor explained that he\u2019s been on the same medication for close to two decades and \u201cit\u2019s a very fundamental critical part of my system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Duplass shared how he handles his depression and anxiety. markduplass\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The actor spoke to Page Six at the Gotham Television Awards. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMorning Show\u201d star has been open about his struggles on Instagram. \u00a9Apple TV\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>He further admitted that \u201cit\u2019s a delicate balance and ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I gotta make sure I keep showing up and working and it\u2019s exhausting sometimes, but what choice do I have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The indie filmmaker has been honest about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ6-h1TJXIL\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health on Instagram<\/a> for several years.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyWC7vDxGhB\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a photo of himself<\/a>, broadly smiling on a red carpet, as he opened up about his battle with depression and anxiety. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Duplass shared that he makes sure he eats well, gets enough sleep and takes his medication. \u00a9Apple TV\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>He called it a \u201cdelicate balance and ecosystem.\u201d Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been struggling with anxiety and depression for most of my life,\u201d he wrote in the caption. \u201cWhen I see pictures of myself like this one, I can see the fear and sadness behind the smile. Even at my most \u2018happy\u2019 times. But at times like these, when the world is so deeply terrifying and saddening, it\u2019s a struggle just to stay on my feet and keep from crashing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duplass said that he has always been open about his mental health struggles with friends and family but after posting, realized that the subject is not as \u201cdemystified\u201d as he had previously believed.<\/p>\n<p>Once the post went viral, the \u201cCreep\u201d star said that he felt that \u201cthis is a torch that\u2019s probably worth carrying now, so then I became much more consciously forward and sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCreep\u201d star has previously said that \u201cit\u2019s a struggle just to stay on my feet and keep from crashing.\u201d \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Duplass believes his depression is tied to his creativity. Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA<\/p>\n<p>Duplass explained that one of the perplexing things about dealing with depression is that \u201cit\u2019s not always rational when it comes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can be times when things around you seem really bad and you\u2019re doing well. There can be times when everything\u2019s going really, really well and you can\u2019t get out of bed. And that\u2019s part of the confusing part of this thing, is, you know, why it hits and when.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite all this, the \u201cPenelope\u201d co-creator believes that his depression and anxiety are \u201ctied to my creativity and the way that my brain works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I wouldn\u2019t change it,\u201d he added, \u201cbut it\u2019s not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Duplass confessed that dealing with his depression and anxiety can be a grind. \u201cIt\u2019s a really complicated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[13163,70156,17067,4082,1301,2915,70157,105,70158,218,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-167801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-celebrity-illnesses","10":"tag-celebrity-interviews","11":"tag-celebrity-news","12":"tag-depression","13":"tag-exclusive","14":"tag-gotham-awards","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-mark-duplass","17":"tag-mental-health","18":"tag-tv","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114648245131143652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}