Tammin Sursok feels ‘calm’ during coronavirus lockdown in Los Angeles ‘for the first time’ in her life – despite previously struggling with ‘debilitating’ anxiety
Pretty Little Liars star Tammin Sursok revealed she feels completely calm as Los Angeles goes into lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Australian actress, 36, has previously been vocal about her ‘debilitating’ anxiety, but has found the lack of control in the current situation to be peaceful.
The mother-of-two raved about the power of ‘acceptance’ on Instagram, explaining she wants to ‘make the best’ of the unprecedented circumstances.
‘We have to accept the situation’: Australian actress Tammin Sursok (pictured) has revealed she feels ‘calm’ during coronavirus lockdown in Los Angeles ‘for the first time’ in her life – despite previously struggling with ‘debilitating’ anxiety
‘Since we have pretty much been on lockdown since last Thursday, I’ve felt complete calm for the first time in my life,’ Tammin said on Tuesday.
She went on to explain: ‘For someone like me who has been completely honest about my struggles with anxiety for over 15 years, where at times it’s been debilitating, you’d think that would be strange, right?
‘It was strange to me too. We had a really rough two years and was just seeing the light when this hit, and yet I have complete calm. Peace. I had to sit with myself for a while and meditate on the why.’
‘I’ve felt complete calm for the first time in my life’: The Australian actress, 36, has previously been vocal about her ‘debilitating’ anxiety, but has found the lack of control in the current situation to be peaceful.
Tammin said the realisation she had no control hit her ‘like a lightning bolt’.
‘For the first time in my life, I believe that what is happening, is that I’m practicing acceptance. My therapist always used to say to me, that if you want to get on the other side of anxiety, you have to accept the situation you are in and do the best you can,’ she explained.
The former Home and Away star believed the unprecedented nature of the lockdown motivated her to accept the situation.
‘I don’t know if we will get sick’: The mother-of-two raved about the power of ‘acceptance’ on Instagram, explaining she wants to ‘make the best’ of the unprecedented circumstances. Pictured with her husband Sean McEwen and their children, Phoenix, six, and Lennox, one
‘I don’t know how long this will last, I don’t know if our jobs will fall through, I don’t know if we will get sick, or my friends will get sick, I don’t know when my child will go back to school. I don’t know. No one does.
‘So we have to accept the situation and make the best of whatever we can,’ she said.
Tammin added she still felt a ‘deep sadness’ for anybody personally affected and still urged her followers to stay inside, but wanted to share the revelation of ‘how powerful acceptance is’.
As of Tuesday evening, there have been 2,146 confirmed cases of coronavirus and eight deaths.
Update: As of Tuesday evening, there have been 2146 confirmed cases of coronavirus and eight deaths