{"id":19044,"date":"2021-04-07T08:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=19044"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:10:44","slug":"famous-women-dealing-with-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/famous-women-dealing-with-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Famous Women On How They Deal With Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SZA attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by David Crotty\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anxiety of any measure is uncomfortable. From tangled webs of worries about things that may not even happen, to navigating the physical symptoms of nausea, butterflies, and rapid breathing, the condition is common amid even the most seemingly put-together women among us. And with the world in the uncertain state it is right now, you’d be daft if you thought everybody wasn’t struggling a little bit.<\/p>\n

Musician SZA captured this sentiment to a tee in a tweet last year. “My anxiety has .03% to do with outside opinion,” she tweeted. “I was bullied all through high school, I couldn’t care less . It\u2019s my own thoughts that hit different.”<\/p>\n

Here, five famous women share their very different experiences with anxiety \u2013 from its socially debilitating nature to hiding it at work \u2013 and GRAZIA\u2019s resident psychologist Gemma Cribb weighs in on how to deal with each.<\/p>\n

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Kristen Stewart attend the Closing Ceremony & screening of ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2018 in Cannes, France.(Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
IF YOU TRY TO CONTROL EVERYTHING, LIKE KRISTEN STEWART<\/h5>\n

\u201cBetween ages 15 and 20, it was really intense. I was constantly anxious. I was kind of a control freak,\u201d says Stewart. \u201cIf I didn\u2019t know how something was going to turn out, I would make myself ill, or just be locked up or inhibited in a way that was really debilitating \u2026 At one point, you just let go and give yourself to your life. I have finally managed that and I get so much more out of life. I\u2019ve lived hard for such a young person, and I\u2019ve done that to myself \u2014 but I\u2019ve come out the other end not hardened but strong. I have an ability to persevere that I didn\u2019t have before. It\u2019s like when you fall on your face so hard and the next time, you\u2019re like,\u00a0Yeah, so? I\u2019ve fallen on my face before.\u201d \u2013 Kristen Stewart.<\/p>\n

CRIBB’S TAKE: \u201cInability to cope with uncertainty is one of the cornerstones of anxiety,\u201d says Cribb. \u201cWhen they don’t know ‘how things will turn out,’ people with anxiety tend to assume that the worst thing will happen. They also doubt their ability to cope with that worst case scenario, which is what fuels the anxiety. What Kristen says is very true: if you can remind yourself of times when you have coped after \u2018falling on your face\u2019 when you are worried about something, your confidence will improve and your anxiety will decrease.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lena Dunham attends the “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” UK Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 30, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IF YOUR ANXIETY IS SOCIALLY DEBILITATING, LIKE LENA DUNHAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been anxious, but I haven\u2019t been the kind of anxious that makes you run ten miles a day and make a lot of calls on your Blackberry. I\u2019m the kind of anxious that makes you be like, \u2018I\u2019m not going to be able to come out tonight, tomorrow night or maybe for the next 67 nights.\u2019\u201d \u2013 Lena Dunham.<\/p>\n

CRIBB’S TAKE: \u201cWhen people are anxious one of the ways they can cope is to avoid the things that trigger their anxiety,\u201d explains Cribb.\u00a0\u201cParticularly people who experience anxiety in social situations and those that experience panic attacks can tend to hermit themselves.\u00a0There is even a condition called agoraphobia which comes about after continued avoidance where people can feel unable to leave their house!\u00a0If you experience anxiety the best thing you can do to conquer it is to ‘face your fear’ and do the things that make you uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kristen Bell attends the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
IF YOU PRESENT AS A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY PERSON BUT INSIDE YOU FEEL INSECURE, LIKE KRISTEN BELL<\/h5>\n

\u201cI present that very cheery bubbly person, but I also do a lot of work, I do a lot of introspective work and I check in with myself when I need to exercise and I got on a prescription when I was really young to help with my anxiety and depression and I still take it today. And I have no shame in that because my mom had said if you start to feel this way, talk to your doctor, talk to a psychologist and see how you want to help yourself. And if you do decide to go on a prescription to help yourself, understand that the world wants to shame you for that, but in the medical community, you would never deny a diabetic his insulin. Ever.\u201d \u2013 Kristen Bell.<\/p>\n

CRIBB’S TAKE: \u201cA lot of people feel that having anxiety or depression makes them a ‘bad’ person and feel ashamed of it,\u201d says Cribb. \u201cA more helpful way to think about it is that having these conditions just represents a lack of skills or natural bodily aptitudes in a certain area. \u00a0Just like some people need help learning languages or becoming skillful in playing sports, whether you need help in managing unhelpful thinking patterns, building interpersonal skills, coping with strong emotions, the key to overcoming anxiety and depression often lies in learning how to help yourself in your particular problem area.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emma Stone attends the Premiere Of Sony Pictures’ “Zombieland Double Tap” at Regency Village Theatre on October 10, 2019 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
IF YOU WORRY EXCESSIVELY ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVEN\u2019T HAPPENED, LIKE EMMA STONE<\/h5>\n

\u201cMy brain naturally zooms 30 steps ahead to the worst-case scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was about seven, I was convinced the house was burning down. I could sense it. Not a hallucination, just a tightening in my chest, feeling I couldn’t breathe, like the world was going to end. There were some flare-ups like that, but my anxiety was constant. I would ask my mom a hundred times how the day was gonna lay out. What time was she gonna drop me off? Where was she gonna be? What would happen at lunch? Feeling nauseous. At a certain point, I couldn’t go to friends’ houses anymore\u2013I could barely get out the door to school. It\u2019s just how I\u2019m wired.\u201d \u2013 Emma Stone.<\/p>\n

CRIBB’S TAKE: \u201cEmma is describing a condition called Generalized Anxiety Disorder,\u201d says Cribb. \u201cPeople often have this anxiety disorder from a young age and it is characterized by excessive worry and fear of uncertainty. People who have this condition like to seek reassurance as it makes them feel better (for example, Emma asking her mother \u2018where will you be?\u2019), they like to try to control things to minimize the uncertainty, they also can try to avoid things (for example Emma avoided going to her friend\u2019s houses). Even if you think this is \u2018how you are wired,\u2019 the good news is that our brains are neuroplastic which means you can change your \u2018wiring\u2019 and learn skills to overcome your anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ellie Goulding attends the celebration of Marriott International’s and Universal Music Group’s global marketing partnership, at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on June 30, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson\/Getty Images for Marriott International & Universal Music Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
IF YOU SUFFER PANIC ATTACKS, LIKE ELLIE GOULDING<\/h5>\n

\u201cI was skeptical at first because I\u2019d never had therapy, but not being able to leave the house was so debilitating. And this was when my career was really taking off. My surroundings would trigger a panic attack, so I couldn\u2019t go to the studio unless I was lying down in the car with a pillow over my face. I used to beat myself up about it.\u201d \u2013 Ellie Goulding.<\/p>\n

CRIBB’S TAKE: \u201cEllie is describing a condition called Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia,\u201d explains Cribb. \u201cPeople who experience panic attacks often don’t want to leave the house for fear that they will have another panic attack. This fear of having such an attack makes them more anxious and sensitive to the first signs of anxiety, which when they feel those first signs makes them panic. This is how it gets into a vicious cycle. The good news is Panic disorder is very curable as soon as you learn how to manage your anxiety and has a really great recovery rate so there is no reason to beat yourself up or feel like you are broken or bad.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26633,"featured_media":19054,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\n6 Famous Women On How They Deal With Anxiety<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kristen Stewart, Lena Dunham, Ellie Goulding, Kristen Bell and Emma Stone talk through moments where they have experienced anxiety. 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