6. Chris Evans
The action star has discussed his battle with anxiety in numerous interviews, claiming that he finds it difficult to live in the public eye without crumbling under pressure. “I… struggle with anxiety sometimes, especially when promoting films like this,” Evans told ShortList Magazine while promoting Captain America. “Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it’s a stressful environment.”
After winning the role of Captain America, Evans went into therapy, which seems to have helped him learn that “it is really good just to talk about what you’re struggling with,” he told the New York Times. “It’s not like I had any massive breakthrough, but for some reason this feels more manageable.”
“I asked every human being in my life what they thought, and they said I should do the movie, and then I went to therapy. I thought, ‘I’ll talk to my therapist! See what they have to say!’”
Evans knows the value of opening up about mental health issues – the sooner you unburden yourself, the sooner you can get help, be it professional or personal, and work on a solution.