Celebrities with Anxiety Disorders

Celebrities with Anxiety Disorders

Try to type on Google “celebrities with anxiety disorder” then tell me what you feel after reading some articles given there. Mind blowing, is not it? Celebrities from Barbra Streisand to Emma Stone are listed to have various kind of anxiety disorders. Indeed it is really shocking to know the fact that rich and famous celebrities and other well-known people like them are struggling so much to deal with their anxiety. We always think that their lifes are amazingly flawless with fame, money, and luxuries arround them. With things like that, we assume that they can get anything they want easily.

However do you know that Angelina Jolie suffers from a great self-insecurity? She never feels satisfied with herself and what she has achieved. She keeps saying that she is not pretty enough, she has not been a good actress until now, and she has not given real contribution to society. In fact, she has accomplished all of the things above. Rumor said that it is because of the tight competition in Hollywood which makes her to be like that. Also do you know that David Beckham, the very famous and highly respected English footballer, has sort of OCD to insist on things have to be in even numbers? When he finds out that things that he has are not in order that he wants, he will throw or add things to make sure that they are in even numbers. By the way, who knows that Hugh Laurie actually suffered from a mild depression while filming “House”? It went the same too to Heath Ledger who could not detach from his role as Joker in “The Dark Knight” the second film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. It made him suffered from several depressions before he decided to commit suicide due to alcohol and drug reason. They are just a few examples of celebrities who deal with anxiety.

However, quoted from calmclinic.com, there is something we can learn from those celebrities. They are not shamed to tell their “problems” to others so that they can seek for help to control their anxiety disorders. People with anxiety sometimes get shamed, become introvert, and refuse to tell their problems to their close ones or to the experts. It could be dangerous because even a light depression can lead you to do stupid thing, such as committing suicide.