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BUSY PHILIPPS: TALKING ABOUT IT
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“I used to feel so isolated & alone about my anxiety—especially after Birdie was born,“Philipps wrote on Instagram, recounting the time after welcoming her first daughter. Opening up about anxiety has made a big difference, she said, pointing out that she’s been vocal about mental health on social media andWe’re No Doctors, the podcast she co-hosts with comedian Steve Agee. “Talking about these things helps,” she continued. “At least I know it’s helped me.”
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BRITTANY SNOW: MONITORING THOUGHTS
ThePitch Perfectactress, who also serves as co-founder of Love Is Louder, hosted aTumblr Answer Timeon the mental health and wellness platformPost It Forward. Snow got candid about dealing with anxiety attacks, offering her own advice for those struggling. “I had to learn how to check negative thoughts that come into my head and say to myself, ‘Maybe that’s not true,’ " she said. “Finding the difference between your thoughts and who you really are.”
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JENNIFER LAWRENCE: ACTING
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04of 10BETH BEHRS: WORKING WITH HORSESEric Ray Davidson"I noticed just being around horses, my panic attacks started going away,” Behrs said in the World’s Most Beautiful Issue of PEOPLE. “They’re so grounding. You have to be your authentic self around them, which is so empowering. You realize, I don’t have to fake it. If you’re scared, say I’m scared — they’ll come right to you. If you try to put up a wall or fake it, they won’t.”
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BETH BEHRS: WORKING WITH HORSES
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“I noticed just being around horses, my panic attacks started going away,” Behrs said in the World’s Most Beautiful Issue of PEOPLE. “They’re so grounding. You have to be your authentic self around them, which is so empowering. You realize, I don’t have to fake it. If you’re scared, say I’m scared — they’ll come right to you. If you try to put up a wall or fake it, they won’t.”
05of 10KIM KARDASHIAN WEST: BREATHING EXERCISESAXELLE WOUSSEN/BauergriffinOn an episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians, the reality star opened up about her battle with anxiety following her horrific Paris robbery. “I think about it all the time, it drives me crazy,“Kardashian West said, adding that her anxiety hits an all-time high when she’s driving. “I just want to get past my anxiety and live life … I never had anxiety and I want to take back my life.” The business mogul gave therapy a try, which seemed to help, and also put her therapist’s coping mechanisms (including breathing exercises) into practice.
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KIM KARDASHIAN WEST: BREATHING EXERCISES
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On an episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians, the reality star opened up about her battle with anxiety following her horrific Paris robbery. “I think about it all the time, it drives me crazy,“Kardashian West said, adding that her anxiety hits an all-time high when she’s driving. “I just want to get past my anxiety and live life … I never had anxiety and I want to take back my life.” The business mogul gave therapy a try, which seemed to help, and also put her therapist’s coping mechanisms (including breathing exercises) into practice.
06of 10KENDALL JENNER: MEDITATIONGilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagicJenner’s issues surfaced when she started flying solo. “It is so weird as I get like super light headed when I am on planes and I feel like I am going to faint,“the supermodel revealedduring an episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians. “I don’t know what to do as I am freaking out about even flying home.” When she didn’t find therapy effective, Jenner turned to meditation to help combat her attacks.
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KENDALL JENNER: MEDITATION
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Jenner’s issues surfaced when she started flying solo. “It is so weird as I get like super light headed when I am on planes and I feel like I am going to faint,“the supermodel revealedduring an episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians. “I don’t know what to do as I am freaking out about even flying home.” When she didn’t find therapy effective, Jenner turned to meditation to help combat her attacks.
07of 10LENA DUNHAM: EXERCISEMike Coppola/Getty"To those struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression: I know it’s mad annoying when people tell you to exercise, and it took me about 16 medicated years to listen,” said the Girls star, who spoke (and wrote) openly about her mental health struggles in an April Instagram post. “I’m glad I did. It ain’t about the ass, it’s about the brain.”
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LENA DUNHAM: EXERCISE
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“To those struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression: I know it’s mad annoying when people tell you to exercise, and it took me about 16 medicated years to listen,” said the Girls star, who spoke (and wrote) openly about her mental health struggles in an April Instagram post. “I’m glad I did. It ain’t about the ass, it’s about the brain.”
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LO BOSWORTH: VITAMINS
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09of 10EMMA STONE: IMPROV CLASSESSteve Granitz/WireImage"When I was about 7, I was convinced the house was burning down. I could sense it,” she toldRolling Stone, opening up about growing up as a child with anxiety. “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.” She added: “At a certain point, I couldn’t go to friends' houses anymore – I could barely get out the door to school.” Along with therapy, performing became a major way for Stone to overcome her anxiety. “I started acting at this youth theater, doing improv and sketch comedy,” she said. “You have to be present in improv, and that’s the antithesis of anxiety.”
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EMMA STONE: IMPROV CLASSES
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“When I was about 7, I was convinced the house was burning down. I could sense it,” she toldRolling Stone, opening up about growing up as a child with anxiety. “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.” She added: “At a certain point, I couldn’t go to friends' houses anymore – I could barely get out the door to school.” Along with therapy, performing became a major way for Stone to overcome her anxiety. “I started acting at this youth theater, doing improv and sketch comedy,” she said. “You have to be present in improv, and that’s the antithesis of anxiety.”
10of 10RACHEL BLOOM: MEDITATIONRachel Murray/Getty"When I’m about to engage in an anxiety spiral, it feels like I’m balancing at the edge of a pool, and if I dip my toe into the nonsense, I fall in. So I have to stay balanced. To help me do that, I’ve gotten into meditating. Yes, meditating,” theCrazy Ex-Girlfriendactress and co-creator toldGlamourofher struggle with depression and anxiety— and how she finally got a handle on both. “Meditating has helped me to focus on the present and to not see every great thing as my thing to f— up. I used to feel like, ‘Okay, this good thing is happening; it’s yours to lose.’ With this show, though, every day is so high stakes that I would crumble if I thought that way. So I try to say to myself, ‘Hey, you only live once. Go along for the ride. Do your best.’ "
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RACHEL BLOOM: MEDITATION
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“When I’m about to engage in an anxiety spiral, it feels like I’m balancing at the edge of a pool, and if I dip my toe into the nonsense, I fall in. So I have to stay balanced. To help me do that, I’ve gotten into meditating. Yes, meditating,” theCrazy Ex-Girlfriendactress and co-creator toldGlamourofher struggle with depression and anxiety— and how she finally got a handle on both. “Meditating has helped me to focus on the present and to not see every great thing as my thing to f— up. I used to feel like, ‘Okay, this good thing is happening; it’s yours to lose.’ With this show, though, every day is so high stakes that I would crumble if I thought that way. So I try to say to myself, ‘Hey, you only live once. Go along for the ride. Do your best.’ "
source: people.com
