Ryan Reynolds' daughters inspired him to discuss mental health struggles

Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds recently opened up online about his struggles with anxiety and explained how his three daughters encouraged him to publicly post his messageAccording to E News earlier to mark Mental Health Awareness month that went by in May the Deadpool actor had opened up about his own mental health struggles on Instagram in order to destigmatize talking about itNow the 44yearold star has explained how his three daughters James Inez and Betty who he shares with his wife Blake Lively encouraged him to post his message in the first placeRyan told Entertainment Tonights Nischelle Turner on Saturday Part of it is that I have three daughters at home and part of my job as a parent is to model behaviors and model what its like to be sad and model what its like to be anxious or angryHe further added That theres space for all these things The home that I grew in that wasnt modeled for me really And thats not to say that my parents were neglectful but they come from a different generationFurthermore the Canadian native said that in order to destigmatize things surrounding mental health people have to first create a conversationHe explained I know that when I felt at the absolute bottom its usually been because I felt like I was alone in something I was feeling So I think when people talk about it I dont necessarily dwell on it or lament on it but I think its important to talk about it And when you talk about it it kind of sets other people freeAt the end of last month Ryan shared that he struggles with anxiety May is almost over Its also Mental Health Awareness month Which brings me to this he began his post at the time One of the reasons Im posting this so late is I overschedule myself and important things slip And one of the reasons I overschedule myself is my lifelong pal anxietyHe continued I know Im not alone and more importantly to all those like me who overschedule overthink overwork overworry and overeverything please know youre not alone We dont talk enough about mental health and dont do enough to destigmatize talking about it But as with this post better later than never I hopeIn 2017 the Hitmans Wifes Bodyguard actor had discussed his anxiety and how his upbringing may have contributed to his mental health strugglesRyan whose father died following a battle with Parkinsons disease in 2015 told Variety I have three older brothers Our father was tough He wasnt easy on anyone And he wasnt easy on himself I think the anxiety might have started there trying to find ways to control others by trying to control myself At the time I never recognized that I was just a twitchy kidAs per E News the following year Ryan also opened up to another news outlet about how working on Deadpool helped him cope with his anxietyAlso Read Ryan Reynolds shares glimpse of his next scifi film The Adam ProjectThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever