“I couldn’t take it anymore, I was beating myself up,” said Helena Laureano, on SIC’s afternoon show, at a point when she was starting to return to normal, and is still undergoing treatment for her depression.

The actress recalls that she no longer “felt very well” when she participated last year as a commentator on the “Red Carpet” program. “Sometimes a word can cause someone who is unsure, or who is more sensitive, serious harm that might cause them to think terrible things. That happened to me. I was very fragile.”

“I thought I could do it on my own, but I couldn’t. It distorted me, because you’re looking for reparations law and that wasn’t new, it was always there. And I said enough is enough. That was enough,” she admitted, going back to the night when she asked some friends for help. , wanting “treatment.”

Helena Laureano, 56, has hit “rock bottom” and has been hospitalized for a while and under the supervision of a psychiatrist, admitting she is regaining her daily routine, including the ability to look in the mirror.

Because of his rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis, he also says he has to adapt to physical changes, especially regarding the limitations in his hands due to the disease.

With over thirty years in acting and a recognized CV, Helena broke out of anonymity when she competed in the Miss Portugal contest in 1988. She was elected bridesmaid and also won the titles of Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogeny. The following year he made his debut in the TV series “Ricardina e Marta” from the RTP period.