Parvathy recalls struggling with suicidal tendencies once, reveals how therapy helped her heal: ‘Bad therapists can make matters worse’

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Parvathy Thiruvothu says she thought she was ‘beyond help’

Opening up about a dark phase in her life, Parvathy said, “I was very lonely at one point. Although I kept telling my friends that I was trying new therapists, it wasn’t working out. I thought I was beyond help. I reached very dark moments; suicidal tendencies were on another level. I can’t recall the months of January and February of 2021; it’s all a blur for me now. It’s only when I check my phone’s gallery and see the photos that I remember what all had happened during that time. Then therapy started working for me.”

She added, “Now I go for two kinds of therapy. One is Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is totally changing the game for me because I have a trauma-informed therapist now. Through EMDR, she is changing narratives of my power and how shame sits in my body. I also have a sex therapist. So, basically, my plate is full now with work, friends, family and a lot of this reworking and getting to know me. That is something people had told me… that in your late 30s, you will start getting closer to yourself, and then you really wouldn’t want to… the idea of companionship totally changes. It becomes a fulfilled format of life.”

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Known for her performances in movies like Bangalore Days, Ennu Ninte Moideen, Charlie, Take Off, Uyare, Virus, and Puzhu, she was last seen in the anthology film Her. Parvathy is currently working on two movies: I, Nobody and Pradhama Dhrishtya Kuttakkar.