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2020 was undoubtedly difficult for everyone, butOlivia Plathjust revealed the intense personal struggle she’s dealt with for the last year.
On New Year’s Day, theWelcome to Plathvillestar shared anemotional instagram postdetailing her mental health struggles toward the end of 2019.
“I spent last New Year’s Eve feeling scared, alone, sobbing and contemplating suicide,” she wrote in the caption alongside a selfie.
“I woke up on New Years Day and knew I needed to get help and surround myself with good people if I was going to make it.”
Olivia is connected to the family by marriage she and the family’s eldest son, Ethan, were wed in 2018.
The show documents Olivia’s tumultuous relationship with her in-laws and her attempts to convince Ethan to break away from his family.
‘2020 ended up being a year of learning,’ she says
Olivia’s family struggles were surely an added source of stress in an alreadystressful time.
In her recent Instagram post, she said she had finally decided that 2020 was going to be a time to stop focusing on other people’s happiness instead of her own.
Obviously, that didn’t quite go as planned, but Olivia still managed to take away some important lessons.
Olivia ends the caption by saying that she has atherapy appointmentfor the next week and will continue working on her mental health.
“Instead of claiming this year for my happiness,” she says, “I want to continue to learn and grow for the benefit of myself and others.”
