RICH AND FAMOUS

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried has been undergoing cognitive therapy sessions to help cope with panic attacks brought on by the pressures of fame. The Mamma Mia! star admits she feels anxious ahead of premieres and live interviews and she’s sought professional help to combat her issues.

“I still do get terribly nervous, and that’s partly due to the fact I think too much and over-analyze things. I’ll start worrying about my parents or my dog, and I’ll picture him opening the window of my apartment and falling out, even though I can’t get that thing open myself.”

As the exposure of panic attacks has grown in recent years, most people now understand that it is not a condition reserved for the deranged or psychotic. Rather, it is a common disorder that affects over four million Americans.

Paula Deen

This chef famous for cooking up Southern dishes on the Food Network battled agoraphobia, the fear of being outside of one’s home or in a crowded area, for more than 20 years. In fact, her fear was so intense that even going to the supermarket was a challenge. “I learned to cook with the ingredients they kept close to the door,” she told the New York Times.

 

 

John Mayer

Xanax, anyone? The moody pop singer says that he keeps this anti-anxiety medication in his pocket at all times to combat his anxiety attacks. Also known by the generic name alprazolam, Xanax is a prescription medication commonly used to treat anxiety and panic attacks.

Vinny Guadagnino

The sensitive star of Jersey Shore left during filming the fifth season because of his anxiety, a condition he’s been battling since high school. "It’s a terrible environment for me to be in when I’m anxious because there’s drinking involved, there’s fighting involved, a lack of sleep, a lack of privacy,” Guadagnino, 24, said in a campaign for The Jed Foundation, a non-profit that encourages teenagers and college students to seek help for their emotional problems.

Barbra Streisand

Her mother tried to convince her not to pursue singing, indicating she wasn’t pretty enough. Yet, the maverick spirit of Barbra Streisand dared to go where her mother said she couldn’t – and she succeeded. However, an unexpected fear took away her ability to sing live in concert for nearly 3 decades. Barbra is a victim of social anxiety that began when she couldn’t remember lyrics to a song she was singing in concert. Streisand was so traumatized by her perceived failure she withdrew from public singing. She still recorded music and she starred and directed movies, but the stage was a frightening place for someone that had seemed so unstoppable.

Roseann Barr

3:23 AM August 29th, 2011 in Johnny Argent,

The actress, who suffers from anxiety, munched on the marijuana-laced biscuit during a trip to Los Angeles, California. The hilarious scenes aired on her reality TV show ‘Roseanne’s Nuts’. Barr, 58, confessed she has been on a mission to find pot since moving to Hawaii - where she owns a macadamia nut farm with boyfriend Johnny Argent.

More Celebrities who have spoken extensively about their Anxiety Disorder

Isaac Asimov (author)

Kim Basinger (actress)

Roseanne Barr (comedian)

David Bowie (singer)Charlotte Bronte (author)

Robert Burns (poet)

Barbara Bush (former First Lady - U.S.)

John Candy (comedian)

Earl Campbell (football star)

Naomi Campbell (model)

Dean Cain (actor)

Deanna Carter (singer)

Ray Charles (musician)

Eric Clapton (musician)

Dick Clark (television personality)

Cher (singer, actress)

Michael Crichton (writer)

Sheryl Crow (musician)

Johnny Depp (actor)

Tony Dow (actor director)

Jim Eisenreich (baseball)
Michael English (singer)

Edie Falco (actress)

Sally Field (actress)
Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)

Aretha Franklin (singer)
James Garner (actor)

Barbara Gordon (filmmaker)
Shecky Greene (comedian)

Pete Harnisch (baseball star)

Anthony Hopkins (actor)

Olivia Hussey (actress)

Beverly Johnson (supermodel)

Naomi Judd (singer)

Al Kasha (songwriter)

Leila Kenzle (actress)

Nicole Kidman (actress)

Courtney Love (singer - actress)

John Madden (announcer)

Howie Mandel (comic)

Robert McFarlane (former National Security Advisor - U.S.)

John Cougar Mellancamp (musician, actor)

John Stuart Mill (philosopher) \

Alanis Morisette (singer)

Edvard Munch (artist)

Sir Isaac Newton (scientist)

Lani O'Grady (actress)

Sir Laurence Olivier (actor)

Donny Osmond (actor)

Marie Osmand (entertainer)

Robin Quivers (radio host)

Bonnie Raitt (musician)

Burt Reynolds (actor)

Joan Rivers (actress)

Winona Ryder (actress)

Charles Schultz (cartoonist)

Willard Scott (weatherman)

Sam Shepard (playwright)

Sissy Spacek (actress)

Carly Simon (singer)

Tom Snyder (host)

John Steinbeck (author)

Howard Stern (king of media)

Barbra Streisand (singer)

Dave Stewart of the (singer – Eurythmics)

Nikola Tesla (inventor)Susan Powter (tv host)

Anne Tyler (author)

Ricky Williams (atlete)

Ann Wilson (singer)

Oprah Winfrey (host)

W.B. Yeats (poet)