Sophia Michaels
Kathryn Dennis got candid about her struggles with mental health when she opened up to her castmate and close friend Shep Rose. During Season 5 of “Southern Charm,” she revealed that she takes medication for depression after her castmates became concerned that she had disappeared. “It’s simply, like, I fell off the grid because I deal with depression and I stopped taking, like, my meds that one week, ’cause I thought I was good,” Dennis admitted. She went on to reveal that people associate her absence from the social scene as a sign she has a substance abuse problem, a label she continues to battle.
In 2018, the Bravo star was dealing with the aftermath of her ex Thomas Ravenel’s former partner Ashley Jacobs — who infamously called Dennis an egg donor. After her friends and castmates couldn’t get in touch with her for a week, the mother of two revealed she purposely shut off her phone and took some personal time. The television personality was previously diagnosed with anxiety and depression following her stay in a treatment facility in 2016 for marijuana use. She went on to reveal she suffered negative effects after she chose to stop taking the anti-depressants she was prescribed. Dennis admitted that while she thought it was okay to stop using the medicine, her anxiety worsened. “Getting this diagnosis gave me some relief as to why I was choosing, irresponsibly, to numb out those emotions,” she revealed on the show. “That being said, I now take anti-depressants.”
If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website.
