“We are not alone, but we feel
alone in every step we take.
Even if you feel as though
your self-worth is at the
bottom of a dark, forsaken
well, take solace in the fact
that I’m literally a Disney
princess with an incredible
husband, a supportive and
loving family, and the best
friends in the world, and I
still feel broken. But I’m not
broken, and neither are you.”
—PATTI MURIN The actress,
who plays Princess Anna in the
hit Broadway adaptation of the
blockbuster animated film Frozen,
suffered what she called “a
massive anxiety attack” in April
2018, not long after the show
opened. “While the past month has
been incredible, all of the ups and
downs and stress and excitement
really takes a toll on my mental
health,” she wrote on Instagram
the next day. “I’ve learned that
these situations aren’t something
to ‘deal with’ or ‘push through.’ ”
She wrote about her struggles—
and the reality that there are no
easy fixes—for Refinery29.
“I felt a little bit like the way I had felt going into
combat. There you are, ready to go; you know all
the procedures, and there’s nothing left to do but
just do it. People have always asked if I was afraid.
I wasn’t. Constructive apprehension is more like
it. I was keyed up and alert to everything that
was going on, and I had full knowledge of the
situation—the best antidote to fear.”—JOHN GLENN On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American astronaut to
orbit Earth, guiding the Friendship 7 spacecraft around the planet three times. The
journey was a success, despite some malfunctions that could have led to tragedy in
those early days of space exploration. In his 1999 memoir, Glenn recounted how he
had felt on the launchpad as he awaited liftoff.