Gina Rodriguez Opens Up About Having Anxiety

Actress Gina Rodriguez has opened up about having anxiety. The Jane the Virgin star posted a video on Instagram as a part of the “Ten Second Portraits” project that is being run by her friend photographer Anton Soggiu.

The video shows Gina walking down the street with no makeup on. She explains that she can tell that she’s anxious in the video but that she also could empathize with herself.

My beautiful friend @antonsoggiu came to visit from Norway and he included me in his magical art. TEN SECOND PORTRAITS. It's always great to be in front of his lens but this time it was just me. Bare and exposed in the streets of la. No makeup. No styling. Just me. I suffer from anxiety. And watching this clip I could see how anxious I was but I empathize with myself. I wanted to protect her and tell her it's ok to be anxious, there is nothing different or strange about having anxiety and I will prevail. I like watching this video. It makes me uncomfortable but there is a freedom I feel maybe even an acceptance. This is me. Puro Gina.

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She went on to detail how she felt about watching the video.

“I wanted to protect her and tell her it’s OK to be anxious. There is nothing different or strange about having anxiety, and I will prevail. It makes me uncomfortable, but there is a freedom I feel, maybe even an acceptance. This is me. Puro Gina.”