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“General Hospital” star Maurice Benard has been very transparent about his mental health struggles over the years.
It’s what has also prompted him to be a spokesperson for mental health awareness.
“He said that, by reading what I wrote, it helped him deal.
And then I decided, at that point, I will not shut up.
And I haven’t shut up for over 30 years,” he said.
It was so bad, that Benard even contemplated suicide.
It was so bad that he even thought about ending his life daily.
“That night I was shaking like a fish out of water and crying like a baby.
This had never happened in my life,” he said. "
I was stuck in this horrific panic that wouldn’t leave."
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