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Brittany Snow: How Mental Health Saved My Career

11/7/2025

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Brittany Snow said focusing on her mental health was life-saving at age 23, telling Self, "My life depended on it."
She took two years off before filming Pitch Perfect in 2011 to manage her anxiety and rediscover herself.
Snow reflected that returning to acting required restarting her career.
She currently stars in the Netflix drama The Hunting Wives, where her character Sophie openly discusses mental health.

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Brittany Snow said focusing on her mental health was life-saving at age 23, telling Self, "My life depended on it."
She took two years off before filming Pitch Perfect in 2011 to manage her anxiety and rediscover herself.
Snow reflected that returning to acting required restarting her career.
She currently stars in the Netflix drama The Hunting Wives, where her character Sophie openly discusses mental health.