Take It From Alyson Stoner: Your Body Is Not an "Object to Fix"
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When Alyson Stoner began her career in the entertainment industry at 6 years old, she was already experiencing high rates of anxiety and chronic stress. This evolved into eating disorders, dangerous overexercise, and other serious health issues. She checked herself into rehab in 2011 at 17 years old, recalling in a powerful essay published by
Cheaper by the Dozen,
Camp Rock, and
Step Up). But this isn't about her struggles. It's about how she overcame them.
"I'd say between the ages of 13 and 17, I was constantly seeking an anchor point as an antidote to the chaos in the industry as well as the chaos at home," Stoner, now 27, told POPSUGAR. "While in rehab, I had the first glimpse of what it means to regulate my nervous system, to manage discomfort, to be able to feel emotions and process them safely, and to really start a very intentional journey of healing, both psychologically as well as physically."