There are some possible pitfalls when a celebrity shares something deeply personal but local actress Chen Yixin decided that the pros outweigh the cons. At the press conference for Mediacorp drama series All That Glitters on Monday (Sept 11), AsiaOne spoke to Yixin about her going public about having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in an interview with Pin Prestige in August,...
There are some possible pitfalls when a celebrity shares something deeply personal but local actress Chen Yixin decided that the pros outweigh the cons.
"It would have been nice to cope with my focus better, and it would have saved my parents tuition money. Tuition is really expensive!"However, her parents, former actor Edmund Chen and veteran actress Xiang Yun, did not have any big responses when Yixin revealed her condition to them. She said: "Ever since I started schooling, I have always been a bit suspicious of my lack of focus. I was such a headache to my tutors. I could not sit still and always found excuses to visit the washroom, so that I could move a little.
She explained: "Driving made me want to get medical intervention as I am sometimes affected by intrusive thoughts and get distracted, like, my hand will twitch.She admitted that even in conversations, she needed to "jump around topics" in order to keep her attention.Yixin is aware that as a celebrity, people may misunderstand her intentions of going public with her condition, but she has her own reasons.
While she is aware that going public with it could be seen as attention-seeking and labelling oneself, ultimately Yixin hopes that the act of admitting having ADHD can be normalised.
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