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Post by petrolino on Oct 6, 2023 14:21:43 GMT
Kristen Bell spends a lot of time addressing mental health issues. Here, she talks about how certain things can affect decision-making. I like this video.
Kristen Bell
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Post by petrolino on Oct 7, 2023 23:24:20 GMT
Kristen Bell made a video for the Child Mind Institute, an independent organisation that's pledged to support research and education, as well as helping children living with mental health issues. You might have seen 'Great Minds Think Unalike - With Emma Stone And Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz', an extended conversation piece between Emma Stone and institute co-founder Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, MD that was recorded before a live audience on the subject of anxiety.
Excerpt from a conversation between Rüdiger Sturm & Emma Stone (~ interview published online at The Talks on March 1, 2017) :
Rüdiger Sturm : It’s kind of a relief from those anxieties.
Emma Stone : Yeah, I wouldn’t say that performing is a cure for anxiety, but when you have excess energy that turns inward and makes you an over-thinker, you can begin to panic. When I was in Cabaret a couple years ago, my character communicated through performing, that really took me into this new place, standing in the spotlight, singing the final song. It’s funny because I would never want to stand there and recite a monologue, but with that song, the audience was completely gone and it’s you in this guttural way — I was screaming the song. It transported me like I was being alone in my bedroom, but I was on this stage in Studio 54.
Rüdiger Sturm : Does your growing recognition make those types of experience easier?
Emma Stone : You know, I don’t think it has anything to do with that because that’s outward. It’s other people telling you that you are doing well, and relying on the outside world, that’s anxiety-inducing to me. Right now, it’s becoming more and more aligned with knowing why I make the choices I make and owning the mistakes I make and telling myself, “You are okay.” It’s not about high self-esteem, it’s not about, “You’re the best, you’re doing great.” It’s the opposite, it’s: “You messed up here and that’s okay.” You don’t have to beat yourself up about that.
Rüdiger Sturm : Have you always been a sensitive person?
Emma Stone : (Laughs) For sure. Absolutely.
Rüdiger Sturm : You seem remarkably at ease now… What has changed for you?
Emma Stone : It’s definitely gotten better as time has gone on. I’m not so hard on myself — a lot of it was the pressure that I would put on myself. I’ve learned that anxiety in its essence is fear. And what is the major fear? Fear of death. There is nothing else to be afraid of. So utilizing the positive side of that, there is this excitement for life, you know, they say anxiety is excitement without breath. So if you breathe through it, it becomes excitement.
Kristen Bell, Rachel Bilson, Olivia Wilde, Arielle Kebbel & Brittany Snow in 2005
Kristen Bell [Child Mind Institute]
Bell's friend and fellow actress Brittany Snow has spoken to the Child Mind Institute too. I first learned about this through the work of comedian Stephen Fry, who made the documentary 'The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive' (2006), as he too made a video for the Child Mind Institute; Fry became president of mental health charity Mind in 2011.
'Stephen Fry became Mind's President in September 2011. He is our leading ambassador and figurehead, promoting our causes and advocating on our behalf.'
- Mind U K
Brittany Snow & Kristen Bell in 2010
India de Beaufort, Kristen Bell & Brittany Snow in 2012
Brittany Snow [Child Mind Institute]
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Post by C-3POtatoe on Oct 8, 2023 4:20:39 GMT
I don't think that I'd get along with her parents very well. They didn't do a good job.
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Post by Meseia on Oct 8, 2023 4:49:12 GMT
Her old man has it bad.
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Post by politicidal1 on Oct 8, 2023 12:45:54 GMT
I don't think that I'd get along with her parents very well. They didn't do a good job. Probably not. |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 10, 2023 17:42:26 GMT
Today is World Mental Health Day - October 10, 2023.
There's a lot of material being posted online including articles, games, podcasts, surveys and artwork.
“I’m extremely co-dependent. I shatter a little bit when I think people don’t like me. That's part of why I lead with kindness and I compensate by being very bubbly all the time because it really hurts my feelings when I know I'm not liked. And I know that's not very healthy and I fight it all the time ...
... I also struggled a lot with anxiety and depression ... My mom sat me down when I was probably 18 and she said, 'There is a serotonin imbalance in our family line and it can often be passed from female to female ...'"
- Kristen Bell, 'Off Camera With Sam Jones'
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