Celebrities With Anxiety Disorders

Heather Locklear

Star of the 'Dynasty' and 'Melrose Place' is suffering from anxiety disorder and depression. Cece Yorke, Heather Locklear's publicist has confirmed that the actress is currently seeking medical treatment at a facility in Arizona to deal with her anxiety disorder and depression.

Britney Spears

Some call it a 'meltdown' while others call it 'crisis', but whatever name you choose to call it, in the nutshell it is an Anxiety Disorder. It is no so much about her legal separation process with her ex-husband Kevin Federline that causing this disorder. Twenty hours a day, seven days a week the paparazzi were stalking her with camera or video camera ready to capture every moves she made. The buzz in the media made it worst. It does not take long for a person to develop anxiety disorder/depression when you are the hottest gossip in the Hollywood. Britney Spears was unable to attend a scheduled deposition in her custody battle with ex-husband on Dec 12, 2007 due to the skyrocketed anxiety.

John Mayer

He is an American singer-songwriter known for hits songs such as "Your Body Is a Wonderland" and "No Such Thing". He suffers anxiety attacks and brings the Anti-Anxiety prescription drug Xanax with him at all times to help with his downward spirals. Whenever John gets very depressed, he uses the Xanax to pick him up.

Angelina Jolie

The Golden Globe Awards actress and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nation suffers from Anorexia Anxiety. It is an emotional disorder characterized by severe weight loss. Anorexia Anxiety and Eating Disorder commonly go hand in hand. If you have an eating disorder, it's possible that you also have an underlying Anorexia Anxiety without realizing it. Angelina’s Anorexia Anxiety was set off by the death of her mother who was suffering ovarian cancer. Angelina is also known to have a history of eating disorder in her early age.

Barbara Streisand

She is a singer and actress who have recorded more than 60 albums for nearly half a century. She also starred in the 2004 film "Meet the Fockers".
Barbara Streisand suffers form Social Anxiety Disorder. At one occasion in 1967 New York's Central Park concert, she forgot the lyrics to a song. Fear of forgetting her lines again halted her from performing another concerts. Only until 1994 after years of therapy and medication she was able to sing again.

Jessica Alba

The "Fantastic Four" diva's Anxiety Disorder (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) was triggered by a room full of balloons during her 25th Birthday Surprise.

She's also suffering from Anorexia Anxiety and Eating Disorder.

Howie Mandel

This Canadian born TV Game Show host of "Deal or No Deal", suffers from both obsessive-compulsive disorder and Mysophobia, the fear of Germs. Have you ever notice that Howie never shake hands using his bare hands with the "Deal or No Deal" contestants?

He admits taking medicine to manage his anxiety disorders. Howie believes that shaved head makes him feel cleaner because there is less hair to be cleaned up.