Mischa Barton Explains Hospitalization

Explaining her situation, Mischa Barton has explained why she was placed under psychiatric hold in July – as she was going through a “tough spot” and she didn’t know how to handle it.

The former “O.C.” star says, “I went through a tough spot where everything compounded on me, and it was like a perfect storm, like everything was happening to me at once.”

Before she was scheduled to start filming her new CW show, “The Beautiful Life,” Miss Barton tells, “I was traveling abroad for contract stuff and I went through a terrible surgery-a wisdom tooth surgery, all four removed. It was a nightmare.”

And even a celebrity like Mischa can experience the doctor jitters. “I’ve never had surgery before — it all went wrong and I had to have a second surgery and it almost delayed shooting because it was a nightmare to me, because I couldn’t deal with the thought of not getting there on time. So with the travel, and surgery and prep for the show — it was hell.”

Barton felt that she couldn’t take much more and things were spinning out of control. “I was down in the dumps about everything there for a while,” Barton added. “Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom about things and have to get the most stressed out just to feel better again. I got completely stressed out and couldn’t handle everything, and now I feel really in control.”

Reports claimed she had a mental breakdown, but Barton is denying the rumors, but admitting that it “was pretty bad.”

“The funny thing is, if all this happened in New York, no one would care,” she says. “New York lets you be who you are, and people aren’t as judgmental. I’m so glad to be back here.”

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