Ryan Reynolds Says His Anxiety Makes Him Feel Like a 'Different Person': 'I Have Two Parts of My Personalities'

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Ryan Reynolds is opening up about his mental health. During an interview on CBS Mornings on Sunday (February 27), the 45-year-old actor described his experience with anxiety. Click inside to read more… “I’ve had anxiety my whole life, really,” he shared. “And you know, I feel like I have two parts of my personality, that one takes over when that happens.” Ryan then recalled the anxiety he felt during a 2015 interview on Late Night with David Letterman, despite making multiple appearances on the show in the past. “I remember I’d be standing backstage before the curtain would open, and I would think to myself, I’m gonna die.

I’m literally gonna die here. The curtain’s gonna open and I’m just gonna be, I’m just gonna be a symphony of vomit, just, like, something horrible’s gonna happen!” he said. “But as soon as that curtain opens – and this happens in my work a lot, too – it’s like this little guy takes over,” Ryan added. “And he’s like, ‘I got this.

You’re cool.’ I feel, like, my heart rate drop, and my breathing calm, and I just sort of go out and I’m this different person.

And I leave that interview going, ‘God, I’d love to be that guy!’” He also opened up about his childhood, with a father who was a police officer. “I don’t want to paint this picture that it was this, like, horrible place to grow up.