Meet Chrissy Metz

Chrissy Metz is an American actress and singer.

Shes best known for her role as Kate Pearson on the TV series, “This Is Us.”

Chrissys 2018 book, “This Is Me,” became a number-one New York Times bestseller.

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The show uses flashbacks to showour childhood experiences impact us as adults.

It shows how the events we go through leave an imprint on uswhether positive or negative.

I heard Chrissy talk about her real-life strugglessome of which are similar to what her character Kate endures.

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Chrissy became open about her battle with anxiety a few years ago.

So I read her book and was fascinated to learn about her childhood experiences.

Chrissys Mental Health Journey

When Chrissy was 30, she thought she was having a heart attack.

She went to the emergency room and she learned she was having apanic attack.

Shes since learned a lot about mental health.

Shes also open about the fact that shes gone to therapy.

She says therapy has helped her better understand herself.

And their unresolved issues impacted the way she was raised.

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