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Besides a successful marriage, \"The Good Place\" actress admitted she has had a hard time adjusting to the new normal brought on by the pandemic, which she says makes her restless.

In a separate Instagram post, the Emmy nominee opened up about a decline in her mental health and confessed Wednesday, \"I've been struggling the last 2 weeks, for who-knows-why-slash-ALL-the-reasons.\"

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\"Today I finally got back on the tredmill [sic,] figuratively and literally. And I'm proud. 'Good job, kb.' I said to myself,\" the actress continued, who shared the vulnerable post in order to tell her 14.6 million followers that they're not alone.

She also shared some encouraging words with her followers.

\"To anyone who's been feeling the same, you can do it. Just do the next right thing,\" she wrote, signing her post with \"I love u.\"

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