Amanda Seyfried and other celebrities (Photos) with panic attacks, Actress Amanda Seyfried has been undergoing cognitive therapy sessions to help cope with panic attacks brought on by the pressures of fame.

The Mamma Mia! star admits she feels anxious ahead of premieres and live interviews and she’s sought professional help to combat her issues.

“I still do get terribly nervous, and that’s partly due to the fact I think too much and over-analyze things. I’ll start worrying about my parents or my dog, and I’ll picture him opening the window of my apartment and falling out, even though I can’t get that thing open myself.”

As the exposure of panic attacks has grown in recent years, most people now understand that it is not a condition reserved for the deranged or psychotic.  Rather, it is a common disorder that affects over four million Americans.

3.1% of the United States population has GAD or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (according to The Anxiety Disorders Association of America).

Helping to change the perception of panic attacks are a number of celebrities who have been open about their struggle with this condition.

Here's a List of Celebrities with Panic Attacks and Anxiety Attacks (Go here for photos):

Abraham Lincoln (President of the United States that saved the Union
Al Kasha (songwriter)
Alanis Morisette (singer)
Alfred Lord Tennyson (one of the most popular English poet - passed away in 1892.)
Ann Wilson (Singer - Rock Group 'Heart')
Anne Tyler (author)
Aretha Franklin (great singer)
Barbara Gordon (filmmaker)
Barbra Streisand (singer / actress)
Beverly Johnson (supermodel)
Burt Reynolds (tough guy and funny actor)
Calista Flockhart (actress that played Ally McBeal)
Carly Simon (singer)
Charles Schultz (cartoonist - Peanuts)
Charlotte Bronte (author)
Cher (singer, actress)
Courtney Love (singer - actress - wife of Kurt Cobain R.I.P.)
Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics (singer)
David Bowie (singer)
Dean Cain (actor)
Delta Burke (actress)
Donny Osmond (entertainer - both him and his sister had this condition)
Earl Campbell (football player - Houston Oilers running back)
Edvard Munch (artist)
Emily Dickinson (American poet that died in 1886 at the age of 56. Her poems weren't appreciated until after she died)
Isaac Asimov (author - educator)
James Garner (actor)
Jim Eisenreich (baseball)
John Candy (comedian - actor - died 1994 - very funny - R.I.P.)
John Cougar Mellancamp (musician / actor)
John Madden (sports announcer - recently retired)
John Steinbeck (author)
John Stuart Mill (philosopher)
Johnny Depp (actor - played Captain Jack Sparrow)
Jordan and Jonathon Knight (new kids on the block)
Kim Basinger (actress - Bond girl - used to be married to father-of-the-year -- Alex Baldwin (sigh))
Lani O'Grady (actress)
Leila Kenzle (actress)
Lucille Ball (one of the GREATEST comedic actress, singer)
Marie Osmand (entertainer - See Donny Osmond)
Marty Ingels (comedian)
Michael English (singer)
Michael Jackson (singer - (not saying anything))
Naomi Campbell (supermodel - infamous for throwing electronic gadgets at her assistants. Also for a row at the airport)
Naomi Judd (Country singer)
Nicholas Cage (actor)
Nicole Kidman (actress)
Nikola Tesla (inventor and one of the greatest electrical engineer that ever worked in America)
Olivia Hussey (actress)
Oprah Winfrey (host - claims she had just one attack)
Pete Harnisch (baseball)
Robert Burns (poet)
Roseanne Barr (comedian / actress)
Sally Field (actress)
Sam Shepard (playwright)
Shecky Greene (comedian)
Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist. YES! A psychiatrist...)
Sir Isaac Newton (scientist. Explained gravity when an apple fell in his backyard.)
Sir Laurence Olivier (actor)
Sissy Spacek (actress)
Steve Martin (comedian)  Special Thanks to Reader Charlie B.
Susan Powter (tv host and weight loss pioneer... "Stop the Insanity!")
Tom Snyder (host)
W.B. Yeats (famous Irish poet - died in 1939.)0
Willard Scott (weatherman)
Winona Ryder (actress)
Winston Churchill (British statesman that defied the Nazis). (c) tPC (c) WENN

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