Popular British actress Keira Knightley, who last year starred in the lens of a Ukrainian photographer, admitted that she was being treated for neurosis and post-traumatic stress disorder at the beginning of the starry path..

The star herself told reporters about her plight while recording a podcast for the American edition of The Hollywood Reporter..

During the conversation, Knightley remembered how much pressure the paparazzi and photographers had when she was only famous for her role in Pirates of the Caribbean.. They pursued her 24 hours a day to get pictures..

"I was followed by 20 guys who were actually women haters. They shouted at me and called me a whore, ”the actress remembered..

Kira also noted that if you are known, you have no margin for error.. You can't look bad. Otherwise, it turns out stories like with Britney Spears or Amy Winehouse.

"You can get a lot of money for photos of women in difficult moments. If the stars held themselves in front of the cameras, the photographers did not spare the energy to make the girls break, "the celebrity admitted.

She remembered leaving the house with the feeling that she was going to battle. However, as a result, could not stand it, and in 22 years she had a nervous breakdown. Doctors discovered post-traumatic stress disorder and recommended that they stop filming for a year, which she did.

According to the actress, for fear of leaving the house, she developed a fear of the scene, from which she was treated with hypnosis..

"I had to do this to suppress the panic attack. At 22, I had a nervous breakdown, so I took a year off from the cinema and started going to a psychotherapist.

I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. At some point, my therapist told me: "It's strange, usually people come to me who have paranoid thoughts that everyone around them is haunting them, although in reality this is not so. You are the first person who really faced similar persecution ", - the star shared.

Recall recently Oscar-winning actress Emma Stone admitted that the attacks of panic attack began at the age of seven, but thanks to the work, she overcame them.