Amanda Seyfried had emotional difficulties while growing up

OHMYGOSSIP — Amanda Seyfried had emotional difficulties while growing up. The actress has confessed that she used to suffer with anxiety and OCD. “I had my anxiety and my OCD — a lot of kids have it. You’re afraid of it; you’re afraid of your brain,” Amanda revealed to Britain’s ELLE magazine.

“I didn’t tell people. My parents didn’t even know. I was over organizing. Like, my socks and underwear — it would take me hours to put them away. I still do it sometimes. I have dreams about packing. I am constantly shifting my life around.

“I bead, I knit, I paint, and I read. So packing is an issue for me. Making sure I have my stuff for those things, and that I have Finn’s stuff, and the stuff that I travel with, like this one little angel that I’ve had since I was born. It’s my guardian angel.

“If I had a structured life, things would be easier for me. And I love my job. But it’s so hard — I landed in New York on Sunday and thought, ‘What am I doing here? What is this apartment?’ It’s so dark, it’s so depressing. It was a shock to the system. And so you have to focus on a simple thing: being mindful.”

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