"I feel that I always [go] to avoid having to deal with things." Twilight's star said, "I was always working. That was where I felt most happy."

Twilight Saga star Ashley Greene, who is known as Alice Cullen in the Twilight, opens up about her anxiety struggles.

Greene talked to Us Weekly and said that "it all started with panic attacks."

Greene, 36, said that she didn't realize the negative self-talk until later. But when she had her first panic attack, "I thought I would die."

She continued, "It was a feeling that I couldn't ignore or push down." "I was very good at suppressing feelings and issues to complete the task or continue."

"The first panic attack I ever had was just before my first cover shoot. "I was terrified when I heard about the Twilightpress tour," she said.

Greene clarified that the panic attacks did not occur "on set, during a photoshoot or interview," but rather when she was alone and experiencing "the slowdown moments."

"I feel that I always [go] to avoid having to deal with things." Greene added, "I was always working. That was where I felt happy."

"When I stopped, things started to really show up and raise their ugly heads. Instead of saying, "I should go to a therapist for this," or, "Maybe I should look within and see what is the problem," I said, "Alright, these things are not there."

She continued, "I then started having intrusive and recurring thoughts. It was still manifesting itself and bubbling under the surface because I had not properly dealt with it."

"I didn’t seek therapy, I didn’t talk to people about my feelings, and I didn’t investigate what caused them. I thought, "Oh, I'll just take this pill to cover it up." "That was a huge problem for me."

Greene has said that Paul Khoury, her husband, is "a really huge part of [her] mental health journey."

"I can recognize when panic or anxiety starts to set in and I'll reach out to my spouse because expressing myself is very helpful."

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Title: Ashley Greene Opens Up About Her First Panic Attack on Twilight Press Tour
Sourced From: www.toofab.com/2023/09/12/ashley-greene-first-panic-attack-twilight-press-tour/
Published Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:55:22 +0000

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