{"id":662685,"date":"2026-05-24T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662685\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:06:11","slug":"game-of-thrones-actress-details-wellness-cult-that-sent-her-to-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662685\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Game of Thrones’ Actress Details Wellness Cult That Sent Her to the Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah Murray, the British actress best known for her five seasons on \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d and three on \u201cSkins,\u201d revealed in a weekend interview that she spent several years trapped in a wellness cult.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as someone looking for something to fix me entirely, a magic wand or silver bullet, the promise felt seductive and addictive,\u201d she admitted to The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Murray joined the cast of \u201cSkins\u201d as Cassie when she was 17. She soon found herself on a bit of a hamster wheel of partying and substance use, something she attributed to working as an actor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a big factor of being an actor: being chosen for a role makes you feel incredibly special,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it lasts only for that project. I was on this hamster wheel of, \u2018Where\u2019s the thing that\u2019s going to make me feel special forever?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

She started meditation, which in turn led her to a wellness cult at age 27. She suffered a psychotic break that ended with her hospitalized and diagnosed with bipolar disorder. <\/p>\n

At age 36, she\u2019s left both acting and the wellness industry. <\/p>\n

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\u201cEven the tame stuff can feel quite distressing. I don\u2019t meditate any more. I wouldn\u2019t go into a crystal shop. I\u00a0don\u2019t do yoga, because I don\u2019t quite know what might come up that might feel a bit too woo-woo for my personal threshold,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I realize now how pervasive it is. How often people you don\u2019t know will offer it as a remedy. You\u2019ll say, \u2018I\u2019m not really sleeping,\u2019 and they\u2019ll say, \u2018Have you tried meditation?\u2019 It\u2019s everywhere, seen as an inherently positive solution. And there\u00a0are\u00a0harmless or positive versions. But as someone looking for something to fix me entirely, a magic wand or silver bullet, the promise felt seductive and addictive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Murray declined to name the cult, she said she was first introduced by way of an \u201cenergy healer\u201d on the set of Kathryn Bigelow\u2019s \u201cDetroit.\u201d While she said the cast and crew were excellent, elements of filming (such as when her dress is ripped open before her character is sexually assaulted) often left her in a heightened state.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time there was pain in my stomach and chest. Nerves on fire. I was trembling with adrenaline,\u201d she explained. The energy healer (who Murray refers to as Grace), offered to help. One thing turned into another, and she found herself in a class being asked to describe what it felt like to be \u201cholding on to pillars of light.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, she was still filming \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d where she was asked to do things like have \u201can ability to invest in fantastical things \u2013 like CGI work on \u2018Game of Thrones,\u2019 where I was looking at a tennis ball and imagining it was a giant wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray details the experience in her book, \u201cThe Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full interview at The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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