So I’m sure that didn’t help.
I was drinking a lot in my teens.
I was fighting a lot."
He stated that all of that behavior caused his moods to get wildly out of control.
He shared a scary story of how his undiagnosed behavior once landed him in the hospital.
“I pretty much attacked my mother one night and told my mom and dad I was the devil.
They called the cops, and it was crazy.”
Hoping she’d called a doctor, he was dismayed when the police arrived.
And the next morning, my mom and dad took me to the hospital."
In November 2023, he toldPeopleabout his experience, stating, “It was just really scary in there.
I was tied down from my wrist, my waist, and my ankles.
And all I wanted to do was escape the whole time I was there.
‘Get me outta here!
Get me outta here!
Get me out!'”
Fortunately, he was prescribed the proper medication to help treat his condition.
And I remember her crying."
Maurice screamed at his wife to stop, but when she didn’t, he threatened to kill her.
“In my mind, I didn’t believe I would.
It was just a game I was playing.
She believed that I would,” he revealed.
When Paula was asked if she believed it, she said she wasn’t sure.
And that’s the only way it helps me get through it."
She explained that when Bernard ends up in a dark place, he doesn’t behave like himself.
I mean, when my husband looked at me and threatened me, it wasn’t him."
Maurice likened it to “the devil and God fighting each other, and usually God wins.
And thank God, in my situation, he did.”
However, throwing himself headlong into his role sometimes affected Maurice Benard in real life.
Most actors take risks; good ones take a character as far as they can.
But they also have a cushion it’s a role."
He remarked, “Maurice wasn’t just playing it; he was living it.
And he went to some scary, scary places.”
He would walk around his property to help lift the heavy weight on his mind.
He described a sensation he hadn’t experienced before: “I felt a real cold rush in me.
adding, “I was stuck in this horrific panic that wouldn’t leave.”
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“I wanted to get off the plane.
I had to,” he said, adding, “It was scary.
It wasn’t fun at all.”
He shared an excerpt from his journal: “Wow.
It’s been an incredible couple days.
Felt like I was in Hell, trapped in my own nightmare of thoughts.
Your thoughts just control you, and the fear is so painful.”
Regarding facing his fears, he shared anInstagramvideo of him riding a roller coaster in October 2022.
“Every so often I like to test my triggers.
There was a moment of terror.No better feeling than conquering your fears.”
In November, hepostedto X that while planes give him anxiety, “Guess what?
I’ve been on eight planes in the last couple of months, anxiety free.”
