General Hospital's Kirsten Storms Opens Up About Mental Health Struggles

When Kirsten Storms started developing skin problems due to mental health issues, it was also around the time she was going through a divorce while also having a then-two-year-old daughter named Harper to raise. She spoke about that time when she appeared on co-star Maurice Benard's mental health YouTube program, "Maurice Benard: State of Mind."

"During that time, I got like, cysts on my skin, on my face, on my body," Storms told Benard. "So, again, it couldn't have happened at a worse time for me cause I was already struggling with taking care of myself regularly ... It was manifesting on me physically but it doesn't surprise me because I was so upset in life that of course it was going to come through in my body also." 

While Storms described a time she had a reaction to an antidepressant that resulted in an anxiety episode so bad she needed to check into a hotel because she felt the desperate need to get out of her apartment, she admitted that in general her anxiety doesn't result in episodes like that. "I stress about things that don't need to be stressed about, but I can't help it," Storms said.

Eventually, Kirsten Storms decided to advocate for herself when she just knew there was something wrong with her that wasn't just a result of depression and anxiety.