Emma Stone terrified of death
Emma Stone has opened up about her fear of dying, insisting she thinks about her mortality on a daily basis.
The Help star admits she has been "hyper-aware" of death since she was a young girl, when she began suffering from terrifying panic attacks.
She tells The Sunday Times Style magazine, "I'm close to my
mortality. I think about it every day. Not in a freaky way, but
constantly. I feel hyper-aware that everything could end. That's
always been in my mind, for whatever reason, since I was very
small... I think I tend to worry more when things are good. I know
those times will change."
However, Stone insists she has made progress tackling her issues
with the help of a therapist.
She adds, "You know, it (anxiety) ebbs and flows. It's nowhere near
as bad as when I was a kid... I feel very comfortable talking about
it... I was in therapy for two years as a kid. As someone with
anxiety, you're constantly waiting for the next (attack). It's how
my mind works.
"The reason I went into my job is because it gives you an outlet
for all these emotions. My first-grade teacher put me in my first
play because I had the jazz hands in me. A year later, I had my
first panic attack. I mean, I had really, really bad anxiety as a
kid, and improv (improvisation) was kind of my saviour."