Joe Pantoliano Shares 3-Part Mental Health Routine at 30-Year Bound Anniversary

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 15

Joe Pantoliano said his mental-health “recipe” has three parts — masturbation, medication and meditation — while speaking at the 30-year “Bound” anniversary during the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Emmy-winning “Sopranos” actor said he does not meditate regularly, instead relying on a daily walk after doctors at McLean Hospital told him a brisk 15-minute walk can equal 90 milligrams of Prozac.
Pantoliano tied that routine to a long struggle with depression and addiction, saying he once chased success, sex and alcohol to fill what he described as a void.
Those experiences also led him to found the mental-health awareness charity No Kidding, Me Too!, extending a years-long pattern of public candor about mental illness.

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