Victor Löw was admitted to an institution for two months | Stars

entertainment">Löw had voluntarily admitted himself after realizing he needed help. “You know the American way of thinking,” he explains. “Look in the mirror, smile at yourself and you think you’re getting better. Well, forget it. I was literally unable to grimace. I couldn’t cry either. Confusion. Total confusion. Only later could I find out the origin. My dad passed away nine months earlier.”

entertainment">“I was structurally afraid because of the anxiety disorder,” Löw continues. “Literally everything is too big and too much and you try to control that with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Walking in circles, for example. Talking out loud to yourself. The guilt makes you think: I am punished. I am to blame. It’s just an ailment: your mind is sick.”

entertainment">According to Löw, he had the “best room in the house” but was otherwise an “old mess.” “I tried to isolate myself as much as possible, but I did go to the breakfast room in the morning. Then you look around… The faces of the others were expressionless, without any emotion. Death masks. As an actor I’ve been looking at rarities all my life, like: hey interesting, remember, I can play this once. Now I knew: you are just like that, Vicske. You are also a patient.”

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