Sarah Silverman Reveals 'Whacky' Mantra During Battle With Depression

Hollywood actress Sarah Silverman just opened up about a depressing moment she experienced and how she managed to pull herself out of it using the exact same thought and mantra that got her into the depressed mood in the first place.

Silverman hosts a popular podcast called "The Sarah Silverman Podcast," where she talks about different matters and issues ranging from her personal life to the movie industry and, generally, things that individuals go through on a regular basis.

In this particular episode, Silverman opened up about intrusive thoughts that weigh down on her heavily due to her mantra "Nothing Matters," a statement that has also helped her stop feeling depressed.

Read on to learn more.

In a clip from the "Sarah Silverman Podcast" podcast shared to her TikTok account, the famous funny actress spoke about how she woke up on a Saturday morning with a very depressing thought that got her down and made her feel really bad and pointless.

Silverman said, "Saturday I woke up, just right away. Just thinking, 'What's the point? Nothing matters.'" According to the star, the thought crept into her mind even though she had a show to perform that same Saturday.

She continued, "And I knew I had a show that night, and I was like, 'Why do I perform? What's the purpose? There's no point; NOTHING MATTERS!"

Silverman was possibly having a moment of self-introspection, where she had to consider her goals and achievements in life and wonder what they all meant in the end and if there was any worth in striving so hard to exist, a feeling that a lot of people experience every day.

The actress stated that the depressing thought played like a mantra in her head, "It just was like a mantra in my head. Nothing f--king matters. This is all a fraudulent illusion nothing matters."

The "Wreck-It Ralph" actress went on to talk about how tackling such depressive thoughts "intellectually" wasn't always an easy way to free oneself of the feeling of being depressed.

She said, "And I intellectually could go, all right, I'm in a bad place, and I'm in a dark place. And I know that I [can] come out of it, you know. But sometimes Intellectually isn't [enough]. You can reason and reason, and it's hard to go like, 'Right, okay."

The star further added that there are moments where she could easily squash a bad feeling by tagging it on a very specific reason, like her PMS (premenstrual syndrome), but this particular feeling or thought of "nothing matters," she still doesn't have "a bead on."

"I mean, there would be times with PMS where I'd be bananas and then go, 'oh god, it's my PMS week. And just knowing that would help me a lot. Like I'd already feel better just going like, 'Okay, I'm not going crazy...This is hormonal, but I don't have quite a bead on this yet."

Silverman shared that she allowed herself to wallow in the depressing feeling while also struggling to pull through the day in preparation for her show. "I let myself wallow and be negative, and then I had a show to do, and I just went through the motions. I took a bath; I put on my tinted moisturizer, listened to old sets on my phone to kind of just prep and just do proactive things...passively."

According to the "A Million Ways To Die In The West" actress, when she eventually got into her car to go to her Saturday night show, she suddenly felt better, thinking to herself, "Just have fun, nothing matters."

She said, "and I was like, 'oh!' isn't that interesting? that I sunk into depression because I felt 'nothing matters.' And it ended up being the same thing that snapped me out of it. Right, nothing matters, just have fun."

The same mantra that put Silverman down was exactly what helped her feel much better and confident enough to perform her show. So thinking that "nothing matters" could make a person spiral into a sea of depression and could also help get a person get out of their feelings and allow them to enjoy the moment, a double edged sword in the form of a mantra.

After sharing her thoughts on the mantra, which she described as a "whacky mantra" that gets her "both in and out of depression," fans trooped in with supportive comments, reassuring her that she wasn't alone.

One follower said, "this is my mantra. we are all doing things to keep busy until we die. and it's all okay and there's nothing to worry about."

Another added, "I literally wake up to the same thought every Sunday," while one stated, "Happens to me all the time and more as I get older."

A fan stated that they stumbled into the realization that "Nothing matters" at some point and struggled with it, especially while considering their kids. But ultimately, the fan said they came to Silverman's very positive conclusion that it's best just to have fun because "nothing matters."

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