Gwyneth Paltrow makes shocking confession about her long battle with anxiety

Gwyneth Paltrow recently made a shocking confession about her long battle with anxiety.

While reveals the dark truth about her mental illness, opened up on the latest episode of her The Goop podcast, admitting, "I have a lot of anxiety for the very first time in my life."

Citing the reason “just a symptom of hormonal changes”, the 53-year-old actress shared, "I think it's an estrogen dominance thing. It makes you really anxious.”

“So part of it is physiological, part of it is psychological, part of it's emotional and part of it's public life,” said Paltrow, who grew up in the spotlight as a child actor.

The Iron Man star went on to say, "And so I think whenever we're at the mercy of people's opinions and all the energy behind the opinions.

"I'm very sensitive, as most of us are - so I feel that and it kind of frays my nervous system.

"The past couple of years, it's hit me so hard. I know there's something wrong because my cortisol, like I'll get in bed exhausted and my heart will start to race.”

According to the ex-wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, her sleep is still pretty “OK” but sometimes she wakes up being filled with “dread”.

Luckily, Gwyneth Paltrow, who will soon star in Mart Supreme alongside Timothée Chalamet, is seeking professional help from two therapists.