Beyond the success that her recent starring role in the film "Poor Things" has brought to the range of roles she has played over the years, the famous actress has spoken many times about her ongoing battle with anxiety. Emma Stone has admitted that she has had panic attacks since she was seven years old, and over the years she has tried different ways of healing, from therapy to medication, etc.
But yesterday, in an interview with Variety, she expressed herself somewhat differently on the matter, calling anxiety a selfish condition that forces those affected to think only of themselves.
“Part of the nature of anxiety is that you're always self-focused. In a way it is a selfish state. But not offending other people with anxiety and wondering about everything along with fears about your condition is another side of the coin," said the actress.
The statement came in response to a question about Bella Baxter, the character Stone portrays in the Oscar-nominated film Poor Things.
"The way Bella approaches the world is all about experience," Stone replied. "It has to do with how she feels about things. "But the actress doesn't want her take on anxiety to be taken out of context, so Stone isn't calling people who suffer from anxiety selfish, as she herself is one of them.
In several interviews, the actress has repeatedly spoken about the battle with this disease, while sharing her story with others has helped her to master and understand it as a condition.
"I tell young people who struggle with anxiety that I look at this condition as a kind of superpower. Just because of the condition you're in, it doesn't mean you can't respond to what's going on in your brain. There's no way wrong, just do it,” says the actress in her message to the youth.
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Source: Us Weekly
