Emma Watson took pretty drastic measures after ‘horrendous’ split

Close to a year after splitting from rugby player Matt Janney, Emma Watson has opened up about how difficult the whole ordeal was for her.

But rather than stock up on Ben & Jerry's or go overboard on a mad night out, the Harry Potter actress used a decidedly different coping technique in the midst of the break-up… a week long vow of silence.

"I went on a silent retreat, because I really wanted to figure out how to be at home with myself," the actress admits in the current issue of Vogue UK, for which she is the September cover star.

Emma revealed that she booked into a private facility in the Canadian Rocky Mountains where all residents must remain in silence for seven full days.

In fact, the actress felt so lost and down in herself that she checked into the facility even before her romance with Matt was officially over. "I felt really uncomfortable, even before my relationship ended," she said of her extreme decision.

Emma and Matthew split at the of 2014 after over a year together, and the actress describes their break-up as "horrendous." However she is quick to point out that for the most part her love life has been positive, saying that in general past boyfriends have made her feel "really cherished. They've built me up."

Prior to Matt, Emma's boyfriends included her college sweetheart Will Adamowicz, her Perks Of Being A Wallflower co-star Johnny Simmons and One Night Only frontman George Craig.

And has Emma's Hollywood status made it difficult for her to maintain a normal relationship? No, she says, though it does make things a little unbalanced. "I certainly haven't found that with doing all that I do or being all that I am, that I've struggled in my love life," she said. "I just think it's very patronizing towards men. It undermines them."