Jersey Shore’sVinny Guadagninois continuing to open up about his mental health experience.
The reality star, 33, appeared on this week’s episode of theClick Bait with Bachelor Nationpodcast, joking to co-hostsTayshia Adams,Joe Amabileand Natasha Parker that he “had anxiety before it was cool.”
Guadagnino, whocurrently stars in theJersey Shore: Family Vacationreboot, recalled the moment heleft the original series in 2012in the middle of season 5 to address his clinical anxiety.
“A lot of it is physical for me and I just hadn’t slept in like, a week,” he added. “And if I don’t sleep I become like, manic, I’m just not myself anymore — and I was like, ‘Guys, I’ve got to get out of here and just sleep.’ And that’s what made me end up leaving.”
Dave Kotinsky/Getty.
Over the years, theThe Keto Guido Cookbookauthor said he “developed a toolkit” of strategies for managing his anxiety, includingworking out.
“As you grow older, you start to recognize and see the anxiety for what it is, instead of letting it totally consume you, like I used to do in the past,” he explained. “I always tell everybody now, my biggest message is to never seek perfection with it and never seek to be cured of it, because you’re never going to be perfect and that’s never going to happen.”
“It’s really just about managing the stresses that happen that come to you on a day-to-day basis,” he continued. “Because you will face those stresses and it’s just about managing them, handling them and getting through to the next day.”
Guadagnino also said that the tools he’s developed helped him when thecoronavirus pandemicfirst hit, because he knew how to deal with his stressors.
“When the pandemic came around, it was actually easier for someone like me,” he said. “Because I’m very used to dealing with my obsessive negative mind and laughing at it, almost, from going through the stuff I’ve gone through in the past.”
If you or someone you know need mental health help, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
source: people.com
