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Emma Stone's picture perfect life as a Hollywood starlet did not come without trials along the way.
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In LaLa Land, Emma, 28, plays a young actress who faces endless rejection while chasing her dream of stardom.
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Emma's own path to fame included wrangling her recurring anxiety attacks. "My brain is naturally zooming 30 steps ahead to the worst-case scenario," she said in an interview with
Rolling Stone.
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"When I was about seven, I was convinced the house was burning down. I could sense it. Not a hallucination, just a tightening in my chest, the feeling I couldn’t breathe, like the world was going to end."
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"At a certain point, I couldn't go to friends' houses anymore – I could barely get out the door to school," she confessed.
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Emma turned to art and therapy to help her overcome her anxiety.
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"I started acting at this youth theater, doing improv and sketch comedy," she explained. "You have to be present in improv, and that's the antithesis of anxiety."
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