Zachary Levi reflects on struggling with suicidal thoughts

Zachary Levi reflects on his path to healing after many years of struggle with his mental health.

That Shazam! actor recalled to People how he “did not see reality correctly,” adding, “All I saw was doom and gloom, and I could not find myself or find a way out of it.”

The 41-year-old continued: “Anyone who looks from the outside might think, ‘This guy is thrilled. He’s been a star in a TV show, he’s made Broadway and that and that – he’s marked a lot of boxes’.”

But according to the actor, his status in Hollywood did not exempt him from fights. Today, Levi hopes his story can help others struggle with their mental health. “If I do nothing else in this world,” he said People“I want people to understand that they are loved, that they are worthy of love, and that they are worthy of investing in themselves.”

In his new memoirs, Radical love: Learn to accept yourself and othersthat Chuck alum writes about his lifelong struggles with depression and anxiety and recalls that after moving from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas in 2017, he felt “hopeless and alone” and suffered a “mental breakdown”.