Actor Taissa Farmiga has been struggling with anxiety for quite some time, and says she initially used to get angry at herself for getting nervous for no reason.
"There is such a stigma surrounding mental health and how a lot of people feel like it is not a real issue. It is not a real difficulty that people have to deal with on a daily basis," Taissa said.
"I will be honest... I have been dealing with anxiety for a bit now . And when I first started having it, I would get a little angry at myself because it felt like I was dealing with nervousness and paralysing anxiety for no reason. And that is what I used to get angry about – the no reason part," she added. But that is not true, asserted Taissa.
"We don't know what is going on in our brain, about the chemicals and imbalances and know how our body is affected," said the actor.
Earlier this year, in May, Taissa had stressed on the need to discuss mental health in a lengthy Instagram post.
"There is nothing wrong with not feeling 'right' or not feeling like yourself. And you shouldn't have to hide it. Anxiety can be a paralysing monster, and it is something I have been dealing with myself."
"Some days it is nonexistent and other days it is all-consuming. I have found reprieve by learning to be open and talk through the more difficult times," she had said in the post.