Sharon Stone opens up about darkest moment in her career: I'm a disability hire, and because of that I don't get hired a lot

The 'Sharon Stone phenomenon' burst onto the scene in the 1990s with the film 'Basic Instinct,' which caused a revolution in the entertainment industry. As a result, the actress soared to unprecedented popularity and graced the cover of Playboy magazine.

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However, her life took a tragic turn a few years later when she suffered a devastating accident in 2001. The diagnosis was grim: a ruptured vertebral artery that bled into her brain over nine agonizing days. Doctors gave her a mere one percent chance of survival, but against all odds, she defied the prognosis.

Yet, her triumph over this life-threatening ordeal came at a great cost, as Stone candidly revealed in an interview with People magazine.

"I lost everything," Stone admitted.

"I lost all my money. I lost custody of my child. I lost my career. I lost all those things that you feel are your real identity and your life.

"I never really got most of it back, but I've reached a point where I'm okay with it, where I really do recognize that I'm enough."

Stone now faces the daily challenge of needing eight hours of uninterrupted sleep for her medication to prevent seizures.

"For a long time I wanted to pretend that I was just fine," Sharon added.

"I need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep for my brain medication to work so that I don't have seizures.

"So I'm a disability hire, and because of that I don't get hired a lot. These are the things that I've been dealing with for the past 22 years, and I am open about that now."