Goldie Hawn struggled with anxiety, had 'panic attacks' after landing first big acting role in Hollywood

Goldie Hawn revealed that she struggled with anxiousness and had "little panic attacks" aft landing her archetypal large acting relation successful Hollywood.

During the latest occurrence of the podcast "Making Space with Hoda Kotb," the 78-year-old histrion recalled auditioning for the sitcom "Good Morning World" successful 1967, though she believed that she was excessively young for the role. However, Hawn said her cause called her the pursuing time to archer her that the show's producers wrote a portion specifically for her.

The "Overboard" prima shared that she became "depressed" and "anxious" aft proceeding the news.

"And that's due to the fact that I didn't privation to bash that. I was a dancer," Hawn explained."I was conscionable getting my feet wet."

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Goldie Hawn recalled having anxiousness and "little panic attacks" erstwhile she landed her archetypal large acting role. (Getty Images)

She continued, "I called home. And I said, 'Mommy, you're not gonna judge this. You know, they wrote a portion for me.' And past I became anxious, and I had small panic attacks."

"I realized that each clip I’d spell into a edifice oregon a place, I’d get dizzy, and I would privation to spell home," she added.

"It was the scariest happening that ever happened to me."

Hawn recalled that portion she was filming "Good Morning World," determination were times erstwhile she had to "go backmost to my dressing country to propulsion myself unneurotic due to the fact that I didn't cognize erstwhile different panic onslaught was going to happen."

Hawn was formed successful the sitcom "Good Morning World" successful 1967. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

The histrion told Kotb that she decided to question nonrecreational assistance and began seeing a psychologist. 

"I went straight due to the fact that it wasn't me," she remembered. "I mean, I was a blessed kid."

"Nothing bothered me," she continued. "I was joyful… I didn't cognize what happened to my joy."

"I tried to fake my smile. I'll ne'er hide that. It was the scariest happening that ever happened to me."

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The histrion won an Oscar for her show successful 1969's "Cactus Flower." (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

Hawn starred alongside Ronnie Schell, Joby Baker, Billy De Wolfe and Julie Parrish successful "Good Morning World," which ran for 1 play from 1967 to 1968.

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After "Good Morning World" ended, Hawn went connected to go a regular formed subordinate successful the deed drama sketch TV bid "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," which aired from 1968 to 1973. She landed her archetypal large movie relation successful the 1969 drama "Cactus Flower," earning the champion supporting actress Academy Award for her performance.

While speaking with Kotb, Hawn explained that being proactive astir her intelligence wellness enabled her to negociate her fears and larn to beryllium unaffected by different people's opinions of her.

Hawn said she has learned to not beryllium affected by different people's opinions of her. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

"When I was anxious and frightened and scared, I went to a doc and I spent 9 years with him," she said. "Why? Because I was learning astir myself. I was learning astir however to forgive. And I was learning – arsenic I grew highly palmy – however to beryllium capable to negociate different people's cognition of maine due to the fact that they didn't cognize me." 

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"When idiosyncratic says, ‘I emotion you, you’re great,’ that’s wonderful. But they don’t cognize me," Hawn continued.

"And if radical say, ‘Ew,’ you know, oregon you get atrocious reviews and they’re each truthful mean and terrible, you go, ‘Well, that was their cognition but it’s not the truth.’"