Southern Charm’s Molly O’Connell Says Ketamine Infusions Helped Get Her Out of a ‘Deep Depression’
Southern Charm star Molly O’Connell is getting candid on how ketamine infusions “completely changed” her life.
“I was in a deep depression. I struggle with depression and anxiety,” O’Connell, 37, shared on the “LadyGang” podcast on Tuesday, March 4. “I have PTSD and I got in a real rut and I couldn’t get out of bed. I wasn’t showering for long periods of time. I wouldn’t leave my house, I would just order DoorDash. I wouldn’t do anything, wouldn’t let anybody come over. And I wasn’t in a place where I could even do therapy. I needed to get better.”
O’Connell, who began appearing on season 10 of Southern Charm, explained that she started the ketamine infusions because Top Model’s Lisa Dato posted about how it “changed her life.”
“I messaged her; she told me about it. So had she not posted that publicly, I wouldn’t have known to do that,” she said. “I did a ketamine infusion and during the ketamine infusion is when I was playing ‘80s rock ballads … I was like, ‘Why did I quit music?’ … ‘Why would I let my anxiety stop me from something that I loved so much? And that I’ve done since I was 3, 4 years old.’ It was just ridiculous.”
The reality star noted that after the infusions she was able to “get out of that rut” and start different types of therapy including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and exposure therapy.
O’Connell began starring on season 10 of Southern Charm in December 2024. Since her start on the show, O’Connell has been open about her challenges as a model with weight fluctuation.
“I gained weight and most of the stuff I do, you need to be a certain size. I do a lot of e-commerce and that’s just how it is [now],” O’Connell shared on the “LadyGang” podcast on Tuesday. “I’ve lost those jobs and weight is a part of that. It affects a lot of parts of my life, and I’ve got a lot of shame around it because of just society and the modeling industry and the toxicity of all that.”
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