Self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic can be stressful to one’s mental health, and probably very few people know this better than Hollyoak’s star Joe Tracini.
Metro reports that the 30-year-old recently revealed on “Good Morning Britain” that he has had suicidal thoughts during the coronavirus lockdown in place in the United Kingdom. Aside from the stress brought about by the lockdown, Tracini also suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD.
During the “Good Morning Britain” interview, Tracini said he had been thinking of killing himself just this Tuesday and had to wait out these suicidal thoughts alone.
Rather than act on those thoughts, Tracini says he just lets them pass and doesn’t stop himself from feeling negative. Stopping himself from feeling sad because somebody has it worse is not helpful, according to him, because it would be like stopping himself from feeling happy just because somebody else is happier.
As mentioned by the Sun, Tracini had recently caught the attention of the public with his hilarious parody dance tutorials done while wearing his girlfriend’s leotard.
Before this coronavirus lockdown, Tracini had also shared a video of himself last month that showed him high on drugs. Tracini says he shared the footage to discourage people from going through the same story of addiction that he went through.
Aside from Tracini, a number of celebrities have also been doing their best to try to lift the spirits up of people who are self-isolating because of the coronavirus pandemic.
During his time in isolation, John Krasinski launched a YouTube series called “Some Good News.” Aside from featuring a mini-reunion with his “The Office” co-star Steve Carell, the series also showed uplifting stories, like that of a Virginia couple getting engaged and a grandson meeting his grandfather for the first time.
Angelina Jolie, who has been self-quarantining with her six kids, also used her time at home to donate to the nonprofit organization No Kid Hungry. Jolie donated $1 million to the organization, which is looking to help out the 22 million schoolchildren who will now go hungry because of the COVID-19-induced closure of schools.
Tracini will have to spend a bit more time making his parody videos, as it looks like the coronavirus pandemic isn’t ending anytime soon. There are now 1,436,198 confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world, according to the Apr. 9 situation report of the World Health Organization. Deaths caused by the illness now stand at 85,522 people.