Dax Shepard's Memoir: Overcoming Childhood Abuse

0:00It's March 2nd, here's your Durham news in two minutes. Dax Sheppard, the 51-year-old actor from Parenthood, shared on his armchair expert podcast this week that he's writing a memoir. He plans to include his experience of being molested as a child. Sheppard first went public with the story a while back, but now he's tackling the details in print. It took him four months to get those parts down on paper. He struggled with shame, not wanting readers to picture the specifics. Sheppard described emotional spikes in mood swings that he links back to the writing process. The abuse happened when he was seven years old, carried out by an 18-year-old neighbor. Sheppard has called it minimal, but he believes it contributed to his later addiction issues. He once shared a statistic that people who've been molested have only a 20% chance of avoiding addiction. For 11 or 12 years, Sheppard blamed himself and even wondered if he was secretly gay. His wife, Kristen Bell, explained that he's processed it long ago. She praised his honest lifestyle, especially after he discussed it openly on another

1:03radio show. Now that the section is done, Sheppard feels better, though publishing the whole book will be the next big hurdle. Dean Inn is brought to you by our sponsor link in the description. Your favorite podcast, music, or sleep sounds coming from your pillow. No earbuds, no distractions. Just listen and relax. S-O-L-I-SullyPillow.com. Let's listen and relax. S-O-L-I-SullyPillow.com.