Natasha Rothwell says her dogs keep her grounded
'White Lotus' actress Natasha Rothwell says that her two pet dogs are an "incredibly grounding" influence.
Natasha Rothwell says her dogs are an “incredibly grounding” influence in her life.
The ‘White Lotus’ actress tries not to let her professional success “dictate [her] worth” and admitted her pets always bring her back to reality.
She told Stylist magazine: “I think it’s a slippery slope when you hang your personal value on your professional accomplishments, particularly when you do something creative for a living.
“It’s hard to walk that line of something that makes you feel complete as a person but also not letting it dictate your worth.
“I have two dogs and they’re incredibly grounding. They don’t care what red carpet I’ve been on, they’re like, ‘Rub my belly. Pick up my s***.’
“I’m constantly trying to find ways to normalise my life; volunteering at the downtown women’s centre and I love crosswording.”
The former ‘Insecure’ actress was diagnosed with ADHD last year and admitted it has been both “life-changing” and “entirely empowering”, though she feels some “sadness” at not having had support with things she found difficult when she was younger.
She said: “My therapist and psychiatrist both suggested it and I resisted, but last year I saw a neurologist, went through the nine-hour battery of tests and got the official diagnosis.
“It was life-changing, and entirely empowering.
"My resistance wasn’t for the label, but it required looking at my life and recognising all the help I didn’t get because I didn’t know and that was a sadness.
“I didn’t want to think that things could have been easier had I known when I was younger.”
The 44-year-old star has gone through “radical self-acceptance” as a result of her diagnosis.
She said: “There’s so much masking that happens when you’re neuro spicy because you’re trying to be normal in front of other people and now that I know it’s part of who I am, it’s radical self-acceptance; that this is me.
“I don’t like crowds, I don’t like loud rooms, I love dopamine, my brain works very quickly and my short-term memory is s***.
“There are all these things I no longer apologise for.
“Getting a diagnosis was permission to use the language to announce who I am to people and not change who I am – to own it as a source of pride instead of being ashamed.”
