Celebrities Who Have Opened Up About Their Struggles With Mental Illness

Emma Stone

Emma Stone has detailed her experiences with anxiety and therapy on several occasions. "I was a very, very, very anxious child, and I had a lot of panic attacks," Stone said on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" in September 2017. The actress also shared a photo of a "little green monster" she had drawn to represent her anxiety when she was 9 years old. "If I listen to [the monster] enough, it crushes me," the Oscar winner explained to Rolling Stone in 2016. "But if I turn my head and keep doing what I'm doing — let it speak to me, but don't give it the credit it needs — then it shrinks down and fades away." The "La La Land" star credits therapy, acting, and improv for helping her cope with anxiety. "You have to be present in improv, and that's the antithesis of anxiety," she told Rolling Stone.