Beloved actress Rebecca Gibney has shared a candid life update on Instagram just months after announcing she was taking a break from social media. <\/p>\n
The Kiwi-Australian actress made a surprise return to the platform<\/a> overnight to reveal she has \u201csome \u2018stuff\u2019 going on\u201d in her personal life, namely with her mother Shirley being hospitalised and her beloved dog Lolly experiencing \u201chealth issues\u201d.<\/p>\n Although Gibney, 61, has shared small updates here and there since going on a self-imposed social hiatus on April 3<\/a>, her post on Tuesday night was her most detailed since going offline.<\/p>\n \u201cHello friends, just a wee update. I haven\u2019t disappeared – there has just been some \u2018stuff\u2019 going on,\u201d she began on Instagram in the lengthy post. <\/p>\n \u201cFirstly- Mama Shirl is in hospital and has been dealing with a few issues but is doing well – anyone that follows me knows and loves Mum so thought I should share that – please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she climbs yet another mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n The Packed to the Rafters star said she had \u201cbeen spending way more time in the garden\u201d and \u201cless on SM [social media]\u201d in recent weeks, which she \u201chighly recommend[s]\u201d. And when she\u2019s not spending quality time with her big brother or her husband, Richard Bell, the star is helping to nurse their dog back to health.<\/p>\n \u201cOur wee pup Lolly has had a few health issues as well but the drugs are awesome and she\u2019s well on the road to recovery,\u201d she revealed. <\/p>\n Gibney concluded her update with some food for thought for her 248,000 followers.<\/p>\n \u201cThe world is a bit nutso and it feels like we\u2019re in a version of The Truman Show sometimes,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut there are still good good people out there, nature is awesome and if you focus on doing a wee bit of good every day – you\u2019ll feel better. Even if it\u2019s pulling some weeds away from a tiny native tree.\u201d<\/p>\n It was back in early April that the Logie winner decided to take a step back from social media after copping \u201cbacklash\u201d for revealing her Attention-Deficit\/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis.<\/p>\n In an Instagram post at the time, the Halifax F.P. star said she was going offline to \u201creconnect with my hubby, my dogs and myself\u201d. And the negative comments she had received about opening up about her diagnosis played a factor in her decision to take a break.<\/p>\n \u201c\ufeffHello friends, it\u2019s time for a wee break from all things SM,\u201d she wrote in a post at the time. <\/p>\n \u201cThank you for the overwhelmingly supportive response to my recent post around my ADHD\/ASD diagnosis. Alas, there has also been a little backlash so I just wanted to say to the people that responded with \u2018get over it\u2019, \u2018it\u2019s not cancer\u2019, \u2018stop jumping on the bandwagon\u2019 and \u2018nobody cares\u2019 \u2013 just a wee word of advice. If you don\u2019t know the full story of someone\u2019s life – please don\u2019t make assumptions or fire off petty comments,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \u201cI have lived most of my life misdiagnosed with severe anxiety (45 years of it). I was raised in a home with extreme domestic violence and I have suffered depression, so to tell someone to \u2018get over it\u2019 is really not helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n Gibney said she was simply sharing her story to \u201cencourage others who might be struggling\u201d with ADHD\/ASD and let them know they weren\u2019t alone. <\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is going through \u2018stuff\u2019 so please just think before you type,\u201d she pleaded.<\/p>\n Gibney disclosed in March this year that she was diagnosed with both ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder by three psychiatrists.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been hard. It\u2019s been very emotional,\u201d she told The Australian Women\u2019s Weekly<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m still coming to terms with it because it\u2019s answered a lot of questions from my past \u2013 my panic attacks, my years of masking, which started obviously at a very early age.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s that slight mourning \u2013 gosh, if I\u2019d known this 40, 50 years ago, would I have gone through all the stuff that I went through? Maybe it would have made my high school years easier because, you know, I did have a lot of mental health struggles.\u201d<\/p>\n