Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Ryan Reynolds shared his story about his life-long struggle with anxiety in an Instagram post published on Wednesday.
Mental health disorder
The Hollywood actor – best known for Blade: Trinity, The Proposal and Deadpool – shared that he has been battling the mental health disorder privately.
“One of the reasons I’m posting this so late is I over schedule myself and important things slip. And one of the reasons I over schedule myself is my lifelong pal, anxiety,” shared the actor, who has three children with actress wife Blake Lively.
“I know I’m not alone and more important, to all those like me who over schedule, overthink, overwork, over-worry and over-everything, please know you’re not alone.”
He concluded, ‘We don’t talk enough about mental health and don’t do enough to destigmatize talking about it. But, as with this post, better late than never, I hope…’
According to the Mayo Clinic, anxiety is a mental health disorder that characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety or fear. These feelings being strong enough to interfere with one’s daily activities.
ALSO READ: The New UMoMA opens its doors