You are not alone. 1 in 5 people are dealing with mental health issues. Mental Health, does not discriminate.
Here we profile a hand full of famous faces.
Emma Stone
Emma Stone has acted in movies like Crazy, Stupid, Love; The Help; and Birdman, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes.
But she’s also been open about her frequent panic attacks. While she went to a therapist, she found that acting was the biggest help when it came to battling anxiety. “There’s something about the immediacy of acting,” she said in a 2015 interview with Wall Street Journal. “You can’t afford to think about a million other things. You have to think about the task at hand. Acting forces me to sort of be like a Zen master: What is happening right in this moment?”
Kendall Jenner
“I have such debilitating anxiety because of everything going on that I literally wake up in the middle of the night with full-on panic attacks,” she told Cara Delevingne in an interview. “Where do I even start? Everything is so horrible, it’s hard to name one thing. I just think that the world needs so much love. I wish I had the power to send Cupid around the planet, as cheesy as that sounds. You go online and you see everyone saying the worst things to each other, and it’s hard to stay positive. It’s hard not to get eaten alive by all the negativity.”
James Franco
James Franco opened up about his history of addiction and depression in August 2017.
“I have a very addictive personality,” the actor told Out Magazine. After he “got over certain addictions” as a teenager, Franco threw himself into acting when he was 17. But ten years later, the actor realized he was depressed. “On the surface, my life [seemed] pretty good,” Franco recalled. “But I [felt] isolated and lonely.”
Zendaya
“I used to struggle with anxiety pretty bad,” she wrote in a post on her app. “It only happened when I sang live, not when I danced or did any other live performances, and it stemmed from a bad experience I had while singing on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ in 2013. It wasn’t my best performance and I’ve never let myself live that down. I had mad anxiety ever since that.”
Royce White
As a professional basketball player in the NBA, White has played for the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets as a power forward. In the 2012-2013 season, White had to take a leave of absence due to his battle with mental illness, specifically anxiety.
“People ask me about anxiety—I tell them to get diagnosed and get help,” he said in a 2013 interview with Men’s Journal. “You can’t just take Tylenol to deal with it. Being able to be level with people, being honest about your problem – that is a huge help.”
Olivia Munn
“I have lived with anxiety and sporadic bouts of depression for most of my adult life. 10 years ago I tackled it, learned to fully understand it and haven’t felt the dark depths of depression in about a decade.
But before that, thoughts of suicide crossed my mind more than a few times. For those who don’t understand depression, when someone is in that place it’s not because they want to die… it’s because the ongoing, relentless darkness is too painful to endure anymore.
You don’t have to suffer from anxiety and depression to feel that low. Something very sad or traumatic can happen to you just once to bring about that feeling of despair.
But please listen to me- from someone who is telling you that she’s been where you are- when I say that SUICIDE IS NOT THE RIGHT CHOICE. 💛
Please don’t hesitate to call for you or someone you think needs help. A phone call could change everything.
With suicide, there’s no do-overs. Please try every single option you can before making a choice that cannot be undone.”
Jon Hamm
In an interview with InStyle, the “Mad Men” actor talked about the importance of asking for help when you need it: “Medical attention is medical attention whether it’s for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. We live in a world where to admit anything negative about yourself is seen as a weakness, when it’s actually a strength. It’s not a weak move to say, ‘I need help.’ In the long run, it’s way better, because you have to fix it.”
Hamm, who completed a 30-day program for alcohol abuse in 2015, has also talked about the benefits of therapy and antidepressants in his battle with chronic depression.
Ariana Grande
In a recent interview with British Vogue, the pop star revealed that she’s always had anxiety, though never spoke publicly about it because she “thought everyone had it.”
Grande, however, has been outspoken about dealing with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in the wake of last year’s deadly bombing at her concert at Manchester Arena in England.
On her newest album, Sweetener, the final track addresses her experience with anxiety. Grande explained the meaning of the song she wrote with Pharrell Williams, “Get Well Soon,” to curious fans over Twitter.
“i felt like i was floating for like 3 months last year & not in a nice way. like i outside my body? was v scary and i couldn’t breathe well,” Grande tweeted. “i hope it comforts ppl who hear it pls.”
