Abigail Spencer Says Stress and Anxiety "Ruined" Her Life

Abigail Spencer enters a new year of gratitude. The actor, who has appeared in many touchstone shows including "Grey's Anatomy",

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and had surrounded me with incredible friends & healers to help me through it, I don't believe I would have made it.

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Spencer did not give details, but she did talk about the stress and anxiety that she experienced,

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This was the worst thing I had ever done to myself since the death of my father. I wasn't doing well. A volcano ready to erupt. It was not easy for me to fall in love