The c.hild star "Star War" went for psychiatric treatment: The torment lasted for 10 months

American social networks are constantly abuzz with the news that actor Jake Lloyd - who played the lead role of young Anakin Skywalker in ' Star Wars' in 1999 - is being treated at a mental health rehabilitation facility after a panic attack. god last year.

According to American media reports, Jake's mother - the now 35-year-old actor - has been undergoing mental health treatment for about 10 months. Mrs. Lisa Lloyd also shared with Scripps News about her son's ongoing struggle with mental illness: "Jake started having some trouble in high school," Lisa recalled when she first noticed his personality. son changes. "He started talking about 'realities' and didn't know if he was in one reality or another. I really didn't know exactly what to say about that."

Lisa said, one day, she asked Jake if he had done his homework and he said, "I don't even know if I need to do it. I don't know what reality I'm in." And I said, 'Well, I'm in your reality today, so I have to do my homework.'"

After that, Jake's mother took him to the doctor and they said the actor might have bipolar disorder. According to Lisa, her son was prescribed several medications to fix the problem but it didn't seem to work.

Time passed, Jake graduated from high school in 2007, then excitedly entered Columbia College Chicago, majoring in acting and psychology. However, this was also the time when the actor's illness became worse. "Jake missed a lot of classes and he told me that everyone was watching him," Lisa said.

She also said that her son claimed to have seen people with black eyes staring at him in public places and that he would sometimes chat at night with the Daily Show host through the television screen. Jake went to the doctor and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

"After hearing the diagnosis, Jake fell into depression and his condition kept getting worse. It was really difficult," Lisa said. She said her son refused to take medicine because he thought he was not sick. Jake has many problems related to his illness and uses illegal d.rugs as a way to cope with his discomfort.

By March 2023, Jake Lloyd's spirit completely collapsed. According to his mother, the incident happened while she was driving her son home after going to buy food at McDonald's: "Jake said he wanted to turn off the car and turned it off in the middle of three lanes, we were in the middle lane. There was a lot of noise." screaming". The incident led to traffic jams and the police had to intervene.

Jake Lloyd did not receive a prison sentence, but he was required to undergo psychiatric evaluation and was later transferred to an inpatient treatment program at a mental health rehabilitation facility. The actor has been there for 10 months and plans to stay for another 8 months. Mrs. Lisa said her son's health has recovered very well and he is more sociable. Recently, the actor was allowed to return home for his birthday and go see the movie Wonka with his mother.

Lisa said her son still loves movies and is a fan of the Star Wars series: "He loves all the new things about Star Wars. People think Jake hates this movie, but he loves it."

Jake Lloyd was born in 1989 in Colorado, USA. His brother started acting at the age of 7, appearing in 4 episodes of the TV series ER. Not long after, Jake surpassed 3,000 c.hild candidates to be chosen to play young Anakin Skywalker (later the evil Darth Vader) in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. The c.hild star won "Best Supporting Actor" at the Young Artist A.ward and a nomination at the Saturn A.ward.

In 2000, Lloyd starred in the films Die with Me and Madison. After that, he gave up acting to focus on studying.

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