[Birds of a Feather]

I am not typically one to dote over celebrities, but thought this topic could be helpful to others in showing that you are NOT alone in your suffering with anxiety. Everybody, regardless of their "walk of life", can experience and suffer from anxiety and anxiety disorders.

I, personally, admire Howie Mandel for how he handles his OCD and how he is open about it on-air (i.e. America's Got Talent).

Please feel free to add to the list!

Celebrities with Anxiety Disorders

Generalized Anxiety Disorder:

*Leann Rimes (singer)

Panic Disorder:

*Johnny Depp (actor)

*Kate Moss (actor)

*Emma Stone (actor)

*Joey Votto (baseball player)

*Kim Basinger (actor/model) [panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social anxiety]

*Charlie Beljan (golfer)

*Scarlett Johansson (actor)

*Adele (singer)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:

*Howie Mandel (actor/comedian)

*Howard Stern (radio/TV talk show host)

*David Beckham (soccer player)

*Fred Durst (singer)

*Charlize Theron (actor)

Social Anxiety Disorder:

*Susie O'Neil (Australian swimmer and Olympic medalist)

*Ricky Williams (NFL football player)

*Khalil Greene (baseball player)

*Dontrelle Willis (basball player)

*Zack Greinke (basball player)

*Barbara Streisand (singer/actor)

*Donny Osmond (singer/actor)

Want more?: http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety...s-people.shtml

http://www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/fa...xiety-disorder

http://socialanxietydisorder.about.c...ritieswithsad/

http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety...2/celebrities/

[kaliope]

thanks for sharing this,,,,i was just working with a girl today that has severe anxiety and she didn't want anybody to know cause she thought everybody would think she was crazy. this would have been helpful then. take care

[Birds of a Feather]

Originally Posted by kaliope

thanks for sharing this,,,,i was just working with a girl today that has severe anxiety and she didn't want anybody to know cause she thought everybody would think she was crazy. this would have been helpful then. take care

Hopefully you can still pass this info along to her!

There are so, so many celebrities with anxiety disorders. Again...mental illness and creativity being linked. Joan Baez told me she could never go onstage without throwing up first, due to anxiety.

[Demetri]

I wonder how these celebrities anxiety and panic disorders play out. In any case, anxiety exists in all types of people and is not a sign of weakness and should be nothggn anyone should be ashamed of. If you had the flu you wouldn't think that reflects on who you are, so going through anxiety should be treated the same. Something you are going through, not an identity of who you are. Unless you want to make it your identity.

[eeyorestail]

Wil Wheaton (of Star Trek: The Next Generation fame) also suffers from anxiety. He talks about it sometimes on his Twitter feed.

[jenh526]

I remember seeing Kim Basinger once on David Letterman. She was literally shaking. I remember being shocked that someone so beautiful and successful could suffer from social anxiety also.

[chlo-bo19]

It is so common! There are probably lots more.