Mara Wilsonis best known for giving captivating performances as a child star.
She shined in films such as “Matilda” and “Mrs. Doubtfire” (perIMDb).
Today, Wilson is a writer and amental healthadvocate (perTalkspace).
Her own mental health journey has been a subject she’s opened up about in her adulthood.
Wilson remembers considering herself “an anxious child,” especially following her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis.
Her mother, Suzie Wilson, would die about a year after her diagnosis, when Mara was 9.
“I’d always been an anxious child, but things got much worse when I was about 8.
It was four years of fear, shame, and isolation.
The book validated the feelings Wilson was experiencing and simultaneously questioning.
That book changed my life.”
For Wilson, however, it was a joyous turning point in her life.
I was 12 years old and I was thrilled that I was finally diagnosed."
She’s taken her platform and her knowledge and brought them together to advocate for the OCD community.
“It’s not a personality quirk or jot down, it’s a debilitating illness.
There needs to be more understanding of what it actually is!
