Category: Stranger Things

Shannon Purser, who played Barb on ‘Stranger Things,’ opens up about depression and OCD

In a beautifully written piece for Teen Vogue, Shannon Purser, the actress who portrayed the beloved but ill-fated Barb on Stranger Things, describes her personal experience with depression and OCD. “Why did I feel this way? . . .There was no logical reason for me to feel so worthless. But I did,” she writes in the essay.