Like everyone else, celebs are feeling the effects of the quarantine life, and for someone like Dakota Johnson, who's recently opened up at length about her experiences with depression, the struggle to stay positive and hopeful is real—especially in self-isolation. The 30-year-old actress revealed how she’s coping with it all right now in a new interview, speaking for so many who have been going through similar ups and downs.“You are at home, you’re not with your friends, you’re not with your family, you are not able to do the things that make you feel worthwhile or make you feel that you are doing something with your life or that you have a purpose,” Johnson explained to
Extra while promoting her new film,
High Note. “You’re kind of in this costume of depression but not really sure you feel that way.”
Johnson also revealed that she’s been keeping busy by reading and watching movies, as well as reconnecting with her mind and nature. “Right now, there’s also immense pain and sadness ricocheting around the world constantly so it’s hard to feel totally positive all day every day when the world is sad right now and there’s only so much you can do to help yourself,” she continued. “But even those little, little, tiny things like meditation or going for a walk, or being kind to your body and your brain and yourself. It’s those little things that make a bigger difference ultimately.”[video_embed id='1773990']RELATED: Dakota Johnson thinks love is the 'most important thing you do' in life[/video_embed]It was only a few weeks ago that Johnson
discussed her mental health for the first time publicly, opening up to
Marie Claire about her “beautiful” struggle and revealing that this is something she’s been dealing with for roughly half of her life now. “I’ve struggled with depression since I was young—since I was 15 or 14. That was when, with the help of professionals, I was like, ‘Oh, this is a thing I can fall into,’” she told
the publication. “But I’ve learned to find it beautiful because I feel the world. I guess I have a lot of complexities, but they don’t pour out of me. I don’t make it anyone else’s problem.”Of course Johnson has also been staying busy on the professional side of things during the pandemic. She’s been doing virtual interviews to promote the May 29 digital release of
High Note, in which she stars alongside Tracee Ellis Ross, and she has also reportedly
joined Olivia Wilde’s upcoming film Don’t Worry, Darling alongside Florence Pugh (
Little Women), Shia LaBeouf and Chris Pine. Oh and then there’s the fact that she co-directed
the music video for Coldplay's "Cry, Cry Cry", which she pitched to the band (and boyfriend Chris Martin) before being selected for the gig.“I’m constantly thinking about the state of the world right now. It keeps me up at night, all night, every night. My brain goes to crazy dark places with it,” Johnson said in the
Marie Claire interview. “My brain moves at a million miles per minute. I have to do a lot of work to purge thoughts and emotions, and I am in a lot of therapy.”[video_embed id='1943353']RELATED: This teacher's COVID-19 song made our hosts cry with laughter[/video_embed]
