Kerry Washington emotionally reveals she contemplated suicide amid battle with eating disorder during her college years: 'I was trying to destroy myself'

If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, please go to NationalEatingDisorders.org If you or someone you know needs support now, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org Kerry Washington has revealed she contemplated suicide during the height of her eating disorder battle during her college years. Devastating: Kerry Washington has revealed she contemplated suicide during the height of her eating disorder battle during her college years Seen in college: The actress, now 46, detailed going into a cycle of 'binge eating and endless exercise' as she struggled to maintain a 'perfect' image in an emotional interview with Robin Roberts for a 20/20 special airing Sunday. https://t.co/bnnOTFBDMf pic.twitter.com/z0CxOXBqKd — Good Morning America September 21, 2023 'The first thing that put me on my knees — like the first time I got on my knees and prayed to some power greater than myself to say like, "I can’t do this, I need some help" — was with my eating disorder.' 'The body-dysmorphia, the body-hatred, it was beyond my control and really led me to feeling like, "I need help for somebody, or something, bigger than me because I’m in trouble and I don’t know how to live with this.”' The star said while she is now over the worst of her disorder, she still sometimes has to 'check herself' She said: 'I wouldn’t say that I never act out with food, it’s just very different now.