Olaf Lubaszenko is a popular actor whom viewers may know from many productions. He performed, among others:incl. in “Kiler”, “Psy”, E=mc²”, “Colors of Happiness”, “Commissioner Alex” and “Blondynka”. Although the actor cannot complain about his professional career, not everything in his life was rosy. He mentioned struggling with depression.
Olaf Lubaszenko movingly talks about the disease. “I was just messing with myself”
Olaf Lubaszenko talked about the beginnings of the disease in the “Życie od new” program. Even though he felt worse, he didn't realize that he might be depressed. – I was just arguing with myself for a very long time. I think I slowly disappeared. Paradoxically, because externally it is getting bigger. I was disappearing inside and there was less and less of me. I don't think I even really knew I was depressed. Rather, I simply felt it, I was able to figure it out mentally. But it hasn't been confirmed yet, he said. At some point he decided to reach out for help. Taking care of his mental health also helped him lose weight. – It was only approximately in parallel with the creation of my book that I started seeking advice and help from specialists. And what's more, something also happened to me that this whole healing process caused… I also started losing weight. It was amazing, he said in the program.
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Olaf Lubaszenko asked about the beginnings of the disease. “I know quite well”
The actor was also asked about what started his illness. He gave a rather cryptic answer. – I think I know quite well how this process started. I can't tell you much about it. Still. Still, even though many years have passed. What was that? I came to this realization recently. It was a related matter with one of the people close to me. Something happened that I'm still trying to understand – he said in the “Życie od anew” program.
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