FromThe Amazing Spider-Manto her Oscar-winning turn inLa La Land, the actress has somemajor success under her belt.
“It was really bad.
I would go to the nurse at lunch most days and just wring my hands.
I just needed to know that no one was going to die and nothing was going to change.”
“I went to see a shrink, nothing worked.
Just on stage, my mother saw the change that was taking place in me.
She saw my anxieties disappear.
She found her daughter, the one who had this light and joy before school.
This is why mom fought for me to be an actress.”
Every breath is labored.
You aregoing to die.
And then when the attack is over, the depression is still there."
She also toldGlamour, “I wouldn’t wish depression on anyone.
The tough times, the days when you’re just a ball on the floor they’ll pass.
You’re playing the long game, and life is totally worth it.”
Mara Wilson
You probably know Mara Wilson best as the child star ofMatildaandMiracle on 34th Street.
While Wilson has taken a break from acting in recent years, she’s still been busy.
“I’ve basically been an anxious person all my life.
That, in fact, fighting it is the thing that makes it worse.
“I don’t ever remember a time not being anxious.
She toldVogue, “I have a lot of anxiety that I’ve been struggling with my whole life.
So I have been working through it.
I’m terrified, but this is exactly what I wanted.”
“I’ve been on it since I was 19, so, 11 years.
I’m on the lowest dose.
I don’t see the point of getting off of it.
Whether it’s placebo or not, I don’t want to risk it,” she said.
“And what are you fighting against?
Just the stigma of using a tool?
It should be taken as seriously as anything else.
You don’t see the mental illness: It’s not a mass; it’s not a cyst.
But it’s there.”
Kristen Stewart
TwilightactressKristen Stewart toldMarie Claireabout her history of anxiety.
“Between ages 15 and 20, it was really intense,” she said.
“I was constantly anxious.
I was kind of a control freak.
“I’m really proud that I am able to move forward and not fall into every mental crater.
That’s a new thing for me.
Age has made me smarter and calmer.
And it is f**king awesome.”
WhileStewart toldElle U.K.that she outgrew her anxiety, her anxiety used to present in very real and physical ways.
“I went through so much stress and periods of strife.
I would have panic attacks…I literally always had a stomach ache,” she said.
Demi Lovato
Singer Demi Lovato is no stranger to talking about mental illness.
Lovato described toHuffington Post, “I’ve actually had anxiety to the point where I’ve felt drugged.
I think it was 2011 to 2013.
I could barely go to work.
It would get so bad that I would have to leave set.”
“I do still get them a little bit.
“I was on Xanax for a long time.
There are also many websites that canhelp you find the right therapistor psychiatrist to help you along the way.
If you’re suffering from anxiety, you are not alone.
