Harrison Ford Recounts His Struggles With Depression
Actor Harrison Ford attended Ripon College in Wisconsin, but unlike many students, the star’s years as an undergrad were anything but carefree. The man who would travel the world as Indiana Jones “rarely ventured out,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast. “On the rare occasion I did go to the classroom, I would often touch the door on the outside of the building, and turn around and walk back.” On Apple TV series Shrinking, which had its third season finale this week, the 83-year-old plays gruff therapist Dr. Paul Rhoades, a role he’s expected to continue (in one form or another) in the show’s upcoming season four. Perhaps his experiences in the show helped him diagnose his younger self, who he says “was more than depressed. I think I was ill. I was socially ill, psychologically not well.” “I would get up out of my single bed, go to a phone, order a pizza, go back and lay down in bed until the pizza came. I would eat the pizza, throw the wrappers …
