Celebrities admit to having anxiety attacks due to COVID-19 pandemic
Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions among adults and children, and celebrities are not exempted from this.
The coronavirus has affected people from all walks of life because it has halted many industries, including the showbiz industry, leading many to battle different mental health problems brought by the stress of the crisis and the quarantine.
Since the beginning of the lockdown, many showbiz personalities have been opening up to having anxiety attacks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The list includes big names in both television and cinema, including Heart Evangelista, LJ Reyes, Iza Calzado, Kyla Alvarez, and so much more to share their personal struggles while also sharing tips for easing the fears of COVID-19 and the "new normal."
Here's a list of personalities who admitted to having anxiety attacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ways to overcome it.
Iza Calzado
COVID-19 survivor Iza Caldo shared that she's experiencing survivor's guilt, a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when a person has feelings of guilt because they survived a life-threatening situation when others did not.
Rigorous treatment
Actress Iza Calzado confirmed that she has been afflicted with COVID-19 on March 28 and just two days after announced that she tested negative for the virus after undergoing rigorous treatment.
LJ Reyes
Actress and celebrity mom LJ Reyes said that she's had a hard time sleeping at night because of the stress the coronavirus pandemic induced to the public.
Support from family
LJ Reyes related that she may be subconsciously stressing about the effects of coronavirus to the people but she's trying to bolster her strength through her family's warm support.
Joyce Pring
Kapuso host Joyce Pring revealed that she became anxious about COVID-19's effects to the public and she realized it when she attended church with her husband Jauncho Trivino. https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tag/joyce_pring https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tag/juancho_trivino
Faith in God
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting her mental health, Joyce Pring shared that her faith in God gave her and her family the protection they needed against the coronavirus disease.
Ina Feleo
Earlier in March, actress Ina Feleo admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting her mental health and causing her anxiety attacks. https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tag/ina_feleo
Physical challenge
Ina Feleo is fighting her battle through working out and keeping her body and mind busy amid the enhanced community quarantine caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
Katarina Rodriguez
Model-beauty queen Katarina Rodriguez, who currently in “paradise” Siargao shared that she feel anxious thinking of life in Manila which was the country's COVID-19 ground zero. She decided to stay in the island to prtect herself from the virus but she can't help but to fear for her family's safety.
Comfort from friends
Now that she's far away from home, Katarina is lucky to have friends in the island whom she can talk to to free her mind from negative thinking.
Lovi Poe
Lovi Poe admitted to the members of the media that she had anxiety attacks because of COVID-19 pandemic. But this also made her realize a lot of things, either big or small.
Praying
Praying not just for herself but for everybody who's suffering is one of the things Lovi Poe intends to carry out while the whole world is in fight the coronavirus disease.
Melissa Ricks
Actress Melissa Ricks said she felt unstable feelings lately since she kept on worrying about her family and frontliners' safety amid the coronavirus pandemic. She's worried most especially to her baby girl's welfare.
Workouts
Melissa Ricks related that working out helped her fight the voices in her head plus it made her feel productive even at home.
Heart Evangelista
On Black Saturday, April 11, Heart Evangelista said that she's experiencing anxiety amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Painting
Although anxiety seldom attacks her mind, the Kapuso actress Heart Evanglista has a way of calming her storm by expressing her thoughts through painting.
Megan Young
Kapuso actress Megan Young revealed she's experiencing stress and anxiety attacks .
Gaming
Gamer and former beauty queen Megan Young relieves her stress and anxiety through gaming.
Jasmine Curtis-Smith
In a Skype interview, Jasmine Curtis-Smith admitted that she has been experiencing anxiety lately as she is living alone away from her family.
Reaching out to family and friends
Being worried is normal. However, Jasmine Curtis-Smith trained herself to take care of her well-being by managing her emotions and reaching out to her family and friends.
Angela Alarcon
Jestoni Alarcon's daughter, Angela Alarcon, opened up in a vlog that she became irritable, sensitive, and unmotivated since the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine due to the COVID-19 threat.
Making room for hobbies
Instead of giving in to her anxieties, Angela Alarcon cited in her vlog the potential ways to deal with it such as journaling, having a checklist, reading bible verses, working out, making room for hobbies, and listening to music.
Pauline Mendoza
In a Skype interview, Pauline Mendoza said that it is inevitable to feel worried and anxious during this unprecedented time.
Faith in God
Every time the COVID-19 crisis hits her, Pauline Mendoza can't help but resort to prayer to lessen the heaviness she feels during the pandemic.
Betong Sumaya
Kapuso comedian Betong Sumaya shared in an exclusive interview that he experiences anxiety amid the enhanced community quarantine brought about by COVID-19 pandemic since he's apart from his family.
Reconnecting with family and friends
Aside from creating funny videos online, Betong Sumaya always connects with his family and friends online to combat his loneliness.
Social media hiatus
Kyla took matters into her own hands by having a social media hiatus in early 2021 to relieve her anxiety.
