WERE PERIODS WHEN I WOULD GET SO
SAD.
AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, YOU'RE SO
EMPATHIC, YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT
OTHER PEOPLE, YOU PICK UP THEIR
STUFF.
AND I DO.
AND MY PSYCHOLOGIST SAID I'M ONE
OF THE MOST COMPASSION, EMPATHIC
PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER WORKED
WITH.
I ATTRIBUTED IT TO THAT.
WHEN I CAME OFF OF THE TOUR, I
WENT INTO THIS DEEP, DARK,
TERRIFYING HOLE AND I WOULDN'T
GET OUT.
I SPENT TWO YEARS ON MY COUCH.
I KNOW YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK
ABOUT THIS GRIJ.
IS IT NATCHEZ PARK BRIDGE?
>> YEP.
>> YOU HAD IN YOUR MIND THAT'S
WHERE YOU WANTED TO END YOUR
LIFE.
>> IT'S 20 MINUTES FROM THE
FARM.
WHEN YOU SAW ME, I WAS A
WHIRLING DERVISH.
RITZ AND GLITZ, GLAMOUR AND
CLAMOR, WITH SPUNK TO SPARE.
THIS PICTURE, WHERE I'M WEARING
RED VINYL, LOOKS LIKE I TOOK IT
OFF THE SEAT OF A '57 CHEVY.
THAT WAS ME.
I WAS JUMPING OFF RISERS AND --
A DIFFERENT CITY EVERY NIGHT
PERFORMING.
BUT IT GOT SO BAD.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NO WORDS FOR
IT.
MY PSYCHIATRIST, WHO IS ONE OF
THE TOP PSYCHIATRISTS IN THE
COUNTRY, DR. GERALD ROSENBAUM,
SAID I HAVE SEVERE -- NOT MILD
OR MODERATE.
SEVERE TREATMENT-RESISTANT --
THEY TRIED EVERYTHING ON ME.
EVERY DRUG THERE WAS.
EVEN ECT, ELECTROVULSIVE SHOCK
THERAPY, THEY TRY TO JUMP-START
YOUR CHEMICALS.
SEVERE TREATMENT-RESISTANT
DEPRESSION ANXIETY.
NOW, I TRAVELED THE WORLD -- NOT
THE WORLD.
I TRAVEL THE COUNTRY DOING
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING AND TRYING
TO TELL PEOPLE, AS YOU SAID,
MEGYN.
IT'S NOT A CHARACTER FLAW.
IT'S A STINKING DISEASE.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
IN YOUR LIFE.
SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A CHILD.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY.
ABANDONED BY THE BIRTH FATHER.
POVERTY, WELFARE.
YOU WERE RAPED AND BEATEN BY AN
EX-CON WHO STALKED YOU.
>> WHEN I WAS 22.
>> DID THOSE THINGS CONTRIBUTE,
DO YOU THINK, TO THE DEPRESSION?
OR DO YOU THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU HAD FROM BIRTH?
YOU KNOW, A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE?
>> WE KNOW NOW, AND I STUDIED
JEANETGENETICS AND THE BRAIN.
I WAS DOWN AT THE LIEBER
INCIDENT, WITH DAN WEINBERGER,
ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN
GENETICS.
AND I WAS IN HUNTSVILLE,
ALABAMA, WITH RICHARD MYER.
AND I HAD MY GENETICS STUDIED.
I HAVE SUCH BAD GENETICS IN MY
FAMILY ON BOTH SIDES.
LIKE, SERIOUS PATHOLOGICAL
GENETICS.
READ THE BOOK.
IT'S SCARY.
I LEARNED THAT SO MUCH OF MENTAL
ILLNESS
GENETICS.
WE'RE STUDYING IT RIGHT NOW TO
SEE HOW I CAN ALTER THE
EXPRESSION OF THEM.
BUT WHEN I STARTED WRITING THE
BOOK, I THOUGHT, PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO THINK I'M MAKING THIS
UP.
BECAUSE LIKE AT 22, I WAS LIVING
IN WEST HOLLYWOOD.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CAR, IF YOU CAN
BELIEVE THAT.
I HAD TO GO EVERYWHERE ON THE
CITY BUS WITH 103 TEMPERATURE ON
THE CITY BUS.
I WAS WORKING FOR A GUY THAT
ASKED ME TO GO TO A GOLF
TOURNAMENT WITH HIM.
I WAS A PAYCHECK AWAY FROM THE
STREETS.
I WAS TERRIFIED TO DEATH.
AND THIS GUY SHOT UP HEROIN IN
FRONT OF ME.
AN EX-CON.
AND HE BEAT ME AND RAPED ME.
AND I WAS SO TERRIFIED BECAUSE
THE SHERIFF SAID THEY COULDN'T
FIND HIM.
AND HE WOULD DEFINITELY KILL ME.
HE WAS GOING TO STALK ME AND
KILL ME.
I MOVED THE KIDS BACK TO
KENTUCKY.
AND WE LIVED FOR A YEAR WITHOUT
A TV OR A TELEVISION.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> WHAT'S INCREDIBLE IS, YOUR
OTHER DAUGHTER, ASHLEY JUDD,
MANY YEARS AFTER THAT, WOULD
FIND HERSELF ON THE RECEIVING
END OF ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ABUSE
AND HARASSMENT, SHE SAYS, AT THE
HANDS OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO NAOMI
ABOUT THAT, RIGHT AFTER THIS
BREAK.
>> SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT
BROKE THE NEWS.
>> STAND BY.
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