Shailene Woodley 'Couldn't Walk Longer Than 5 Minutes at a Time' on Divergent Set Due to Health Scare

• Shailene Woodley experienced a series of health problems during filming in 2014 Divergent.
• The actress said she turned to an “internal holistic place” after a health scare.
• Woodley shared that her symptoms took a toll on her physical and mental health.

Shailene Woodley opens up about the mysterious health problem she experienced while working on Divergent movie franchise.

Appearing on the Tuesday, September 24 episode SHE MD podcast with Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thais Aliabadi, the actress, 32, recalled being plagued with debilitating physical symptoms throughout her early 20s.

“I was losing my hearing. I couldn’t walk more than five minutes without having to lie down for hours and hours and hours and sleep. Everything I ate gave me a stomach ache,” he said Three women the star said, adding to the hosts that she won’t reveal what caused the symptoms because it “seems like a personal thing.”

“I’ve always eaten very healthy and I’m very athletic. And so, it was confusing for me to say, ‘Well, what am I doing wrong? Why do I pass out every month when I get my period?’ Why do I have hypothyroidism?’ And one doctor said, ‘It’s probably endometriosis.’ And another doctor says, “Probably this.” And another one says, “You have a tilted uterus. You have a heart-shaped uterus.” Each person I went to gave me different information and that started me on my own journey,” she continued.

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The Big little lies The star went on to say that she went on a “long journey” to feel well again, adding that it took “about a decade of relaxation and healing and healing.”

Admitting that she took her health “into her own hands,” Woodley said she dedicated her time to educating herself and “approaching it from an internal holistic place” and that the health issue “eventually resolved itself physically.”

“And now…I’m off my thyroid medication. I don’t take any medicine anymore. My hormones are so balanced. Everything is pumping properly.” she went on to add that she is “very healthy now.”

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However, there were also psychological symptoms that came with the physical ones. “A lot of other things came out of feeling so much physical discomfort,” she said. “Now I’m suddenly afraid of food. And then body dysmorphia and confusion about identity and feeling safe in one’s own skin.”

“It made me really look deep and become introspective,” she explained. “That, I guess, was my journey, along with the physical healing, was acknowledging the mental side of the healing process for myself, which involved looking at real trauma and real PTSD that I’d experienced at different times in my life, without going into detail about what they were. were.”

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Based on the popular series of books by author Veronica Roth, the first Divergent the film was released in 2014, followed in 2015 Rebel and in 2016 Allegiant.

Woodley starred alongside Theo James, Kate Winslet, Zoë Kravitz and Miles Teller as a young girl living in a future dystopian Chicago where society is divided into five factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite.

The fourth and last film under the title Ascendantwas supposed to conclude the franchise, although it was never realized due to Allegiantpoor performance at the box office.

Woodley previously discussed her health concerns during an interview in 2021 The Hollywood Reporter and revealed that the condition forced her to turn down roles because she “wasn’t physically able to take part in them”.

Woodley currently stars alongside Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise and Gabrielle Creevy Three women on Starz. New episodes premiere every Friday on Starz.

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