VETERAN actor Joe Pantoliano says depression almost destroyed his life!
“I was a mess for a long time, and it was because of adolescent childhood trauma,” the Sopranos alum, 73, told Page Six.
But it didn’t cause him to lose his sense of humor — he quips that depression is “really a bummer,” and that “at least with bipolar, you’ve got the highs.”
Until he sought professional treatment, he “self-medicated, and nearly destroyed” himself, Pantoliano says.
He relied on the “seven deadly symptoms” to deal with his feelings. They included “alcohol, what was available, women — you know, risky behavior, act first and then ask questions second,” among others.
He says his addictions almost cost him his family — his wife of 31 years, Nancy Sheppard, and their four children…
