Tom Holland reflects on his struggle with sobriety and mental health
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Tom Holland recently shared that he has been sober for more than a year. Moreover, he also opened up about how filming The Crowded Room has affected his mental health.
Here is everything you need to know.
Tom Holland reveals his ongoing struggle with sobriety
Marvel Cinematic Universe star Tom Holland reflected on his sobriety and mental health struggles while promoting his upcoming Apple TV+ thriller, The Crowded Room.
In addition, Holland recently sat down for an interview with Entertainment Weekly which was published on Tuesday.
During the interview, he shared details about how his role as Danny, in The Crowded Room, has forced him to evaluate his own mental health.
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He shared, ‘Learning about mental health and the power of it, and speaking to psychiatrists about Danny and Billy’s struggles, has been something that has been so informative to my own life.’
He said, ‘I’m no stranger to the physical aspects of the job doing the whole action-movie thing.’
Subsequently, he continued, ‘But the mental aspect, it really beat me up and it took a long time for me to recover afterward, to sort of get back to reality.’
Furthermore, Holland also revealed that he has been sober for a little over sixteen months now.
Besides that, the 26-year-old actor recalled the time when he couldn’t detach himself from Danny after filming the series for nine months.
He revealed that it resulted in him having a ‘bit of a meltdown’ where he even wanted to shave his head to separate them.
Nevertheless, he ultimately recovered after realizing that he was in the middle of a shoot and could not do it. Holland noted that he has never experienced something like that throughout his acting career.
Tom Holland takes a break from social media for his mental health
Tom Holland announced in August 2022 that he is taking a break from social media for mental health, which he claims seems to go ‘spiral’ when he reads things about himself on the internet.
He said at that time, ‘I find Instagram and Twitter to be overstimulating, to be overwhelming.’
He continued, ‘I get caught up and I spiral when I read things about me online. Ultimately it’s very detrimental to my mental state.’
Holland further explained, ‘There is an awful stigma against mental health and I know that asking for help and seeking help isn’t something that we should be ashamed of, but it is something that is much easier said than done.’
