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"Celebrity" Anxiety


13 years ago 0 4027 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Davit,
How did you come to that conclusion?
13 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
The sad thing is that some of these people had no support or CBT. Now that makes me sad.

Davit.
13 years ago 0 4027 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Vincenza,
Sport isn't creative, but it was the inspiration for my beginning the thread.  Those athletes are gifted and I look up to them since they can do what I could only dream of doing.  I was hoping some others would share their celebrity role models and something personal about themselves, since this is a support group.
 
I'm just trying to get through the day in one piece, and knowing there are people in other careers with similar struggles makes me feel supported.
 
Singing comes to mind...
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Why should celebrities be any different from us except that they can afford retreats and therapy and pills. I would say be glad you are not one. You might have to work at this but it will work for you instead of just being able to hide from it. The psych ward was like a retreat, I got to rest but it cured nothing. Some of those celebrities, it is self inflicted. Late nights, booze and drugs. They don't need a cure they can coast through life but look what happens to them when the coasting doesn't work any more. I may like their music and movies but I sure would not want their life. But I might want their money :-) Yeah life would be easier with their money.

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Davit.
13 years ago 0 152 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Heres another one;
 

ANXIOUS FAMOUS PEOPLE

Here's a list of famous people who visitors have reported as suffering at one time or another from an anxiety disorder.

Carly Simon (singer)

Aretha Franklin (singer)

Lani O'Grady (actress)

Michael English (singer)

Sir Laurence Olivier (actor)

Earl Campbell (football)

Al Kasha (songwriter)

Emily Dickinson (poet)

Marty Ingels (comedian)

Nicholas Cage (actor)

Roseanne Barr (comedian)

Michael Jackson (singer)

Naomi Judd (singer)

Susan Powter (tv host)

John Madden (announcer)

Leila Kenzle (actress)

Sissy Spacek (actress)

Willard Scott (weatherman)

Johnny Depp (actor)

Sally Field (actress)

Shecky Greene (comedian)

Alanis Morisette (singer)

Burt Reynolds (actor)

Kim Basinger (actress)

Olivia Hussey (actress)

Oprah Winfrey (host)

Tom Snyder (host)

John Candy (comedian)

Sam Shepard (playwright)

Isaac Asimov (author)

Charles Schultz (cartoonist)

Dean Cain (actor)

Barbra Streisand (singer)

Anne Tyler (author)

James Garner (actor)

Jim Eisenreich (baseball)

Pete Harnisch (baseball)

Courtney Love (singer)

Naomi Campbell (model)

David Bowie (singer)

Nikola Tesla (inventor)

Charlotte Bronte (author)

Alfred Lord Tennyson (poet)

Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)

John Steinbeck (author)

W.B.Yeats (poet)

Sir Isaac Newton (scientist)

Abraham Lincoln (president)

Barbara Gordon (filmmaker)

Robert Burns (poet)

Edvard Munch (artist)

John Stuart Mill(philosopher)

These people dealt or are dealing with the very same thing that we struggle with! Makes you think, doesn't it????

13 years ago 0 152 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi Hugs,
You got me curious so i found the list below;

Sometimes it is just nice to know that we are not alone with this condition. Even celebrities suffer from anxiety. Late nights, bad dietary habits, money and work stress, long days and jet lag take their toll on anyone, regardless of age. Anxiety sufferers are getting younger and younger, the condition can strike anyone at any time.

This is a list of famous people who are reported to have suffered from anxiety:

  • Nicole Kidman (actress)
  • Kim Basinger (actress)
  • Delta Burke (actress)
  • Donny Osmond (entertainer)
  • Winston Churchill
  • John Cougar Mellancamp (musician / actor)
  • Ann Wilson (Singer - Rock Group 'Heart')
  • Winona Ryder (actress)
  • Marie Osmand (entertainer)
  • Cher (singer, actress)
  • Beverly Johnson (supermodel)
  • Roseanne Barr (comedian / actress)
  • Michael Jackson (singer)
  • Naomi Judd (singer)
  • Susan Powter (tv host)
  • Nicholas Cage (actor)
  • Sissy Spacek (actress)
  • Johnny Depp (actor)
  • Sally Field (actress)
  • Alanis Morisette (singer)
  • Burt Reynolds (actor)
  • Courtney Love (singer - actress)
  • Naomi Campbell (supermodel)
  • David Bowie (singer)
  • Carly Simon (singer)
  • Aretha Franklin (singer)
  • Lani O'Grady (actress)
  • Michael English (singer)
  • Sir Laurence Olivier (actor)
  • Earl Campbell (football player)
  • Al Kasha (songwriter)
  • Emily Dickinson (poet)
  • Marty Ingels (comedian)
  • John Madden (sports announcer)
  • Leila Kenzle (actress)
  • Willard Scott (weatherman)
  • Shecky Greene (comedian)
  • Olivia Hussey (actress)
  • Oprah Winfrey (host - claims she had just one attack)
  • Tom Snyder (host)
  • John Candy (comedian - actor)
  • Sam Shepard (playwright)
  • Isaac Asimov (author - educator)
  • Charles Schultz (cartoonist)
  • Dean Cain (actor)
  • Barbra Streisand (singer / actress)
  • Anne Tyler (author)
  • James Garner (actor)
  • Jim Eisenreich (baseball)
  • Pete Harnisch (baseball)
  • Nikola Tesla (inventor)
  • Charlotte Bronte (author)
  • Alfred Lord Tennyson (poet)
  • Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)
  • John Steinbeck (author)
  • W.B. Yeats (poet)
  • Sir Isaac Newton (scientist)
  • Abraham Lincoln (president)
  • Barbara Gordon (filmmaker)
  • Robert Burns (poet)
  • Edvard Munch (artist)
  • John Stuart Mill (philosopher)
  • Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
  • Lucille Ball (actress, singer)
  • Jordan and Jonathon Knight (new kids on the block)
  • Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics (singer)
13 years ago 0 4027 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Does anybody know of role models who  are in the media?   Speaking of public figures allows others to be inspired, who would otherwise not realize that even gifted people struggle, contrary to the images that are marketed. 
 
Ricky Williams was a great NFL football player who struggled with social anxiety.  This is difficult for athletes who are tested in a violent game, which they've prepared for their whole lives, and can only compete for a short career.
 
Another person did an interview on Canadian radio about six weeks ago, where she described her struggle.  She played hockey as a goaltender nationally, and had to leave hockey for a while. Her courage in revealing her illness was inspiring.  I can't remember her name, but I remember being moved by her vulnerability, since I was going through the motions in the weight room at my gym.  She really lifted my spirits!

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