11.Miley Cyrus
This child star turned pop megastar told Marie Claire that her performance anxiety began early in her career and caused her to cancel several shows. “Then the anxiety started coming from anxiety,” she said. “I would be with my friends, thinking I should be having so much fun. You get in this hole that seems like you’re never going to be able to get out of.”
12.Joey Votto
Shortly after his father died in 2008, this Cincinnati Reds star began having panic attacks so severe that he wound up being admitted twice into hospitals during the following season. “It’s difficult to explain what it’s like to go through it,” he said in an interview with the Toronto Star. “If you’ve gone through it, anxiety or panic attacks, being depressed, I couldn’t do my job.”
