Atlanta's second season has undoubtedly been a hit with fans thus far. The show's female lead actress, Zazie Beetz, plays Van, a character many fans are inherently drawn to. But the actress has also been open with real life struggles many can relate to. 

In a recent interview with GQ, Beetz discussed her struggles with anxiety, referencing an essay she recently submitted to Glamour. The actress explained how her career makes it feel as though she has "two separate lives going on."

"I have my private life, and what I feel in my home on a day to day basis," she said in part. "And then it feels like, to me that there's surrounding white noise of other people having opinions or the expectation I think of how to feel about certain things."

Tbt. No filter. Bed head. Or nap head? It feels very personal to show my bedtime hair. But, whatever. I have my period ???? right now and should be doing everything else but instagram. I get so fatigued that sometimes I worry I have meningitis. I know others who have told me this about themselves, too. Let me tell you now: you do not have meningitis. Just take an iron pill, drink a bunch of water, take a long nap. You'll be alright 😉 Have a should-less day. Ellen Burstyn talked about their value: "I have what I call should-less days. Today is a day where there's nothing I should do. So I only do what I want to do. And if it's nap in the afternoon or watch TV and east ice cream, I get to do it. I had that kind of day yesterday. Should-less days, I recommend them. Because what I figured out, is we have wiring, I have wiring in my brain that calls me lazy if I'm not doing something. God you're so lazy…and that wiring is there. I haven't been able to get rid of it. But what I can do is I can put in another wiring. I can put in should-less days. So when that voice goes off and says, you're being lazy, I turn to the other wiring in my brain that says, No, this is a should-less day, and I'm doing what I want." I try to have every day be should-less. We're alive after all, how difficult! I mean, of course I work and try to get all of my loose ends in order, but I do always think that I deserve a tiramisu or something of the sort simply because I'm here making the best of what I've got! Anyhow, I'm rambling now. Procrastinating away. Let me get back to doing nothing and being at peace with it 🙂

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Beetz also poignantly pointed out some truths about depression and anxiety. She noted that having "good fortune" or good circumstances does not exempt anyone from still struggling with anxiety or depression: 

"Depression and anxiety are real, and don't evade fortunate people. You can still have good fortune and deal with that in terms of what goes on in your life. Everything might circumstantially be good: I'm in a healthy relationship, I have a loving family, I'm doing well in my career. But when I go home at night I still struggle with this, I still have good days and bad days. I have to tell my boyfriend, OK, I'm having anxiety today and we'll need to work through that together."

Braids for days. tbt. Thanks @guin_gui and @elleusa (online video forthcoming!)

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Beetz's comments are especially important considering the societal stigmas surrounding anxiety and depression. 

Aside from her role in the critically acclaimed Atlanta, the actress has a number of exciting forthcoming projects. She will star in Deadpool 2; she's been in talks to join Jon Hamm and Natalie Portman in Pale Blue Dot; and she'll be featured in Slice, an indie horror with Chance The Rapper.