Chad Michael Murrayis opening up about his decades-long battle with anxiety.
“The world felt like it was closing in; I was having anxiety attacks.”
He realized that a change was in order on his 25th birthday.

Chad Michael Murray.Alberto Rodriguez/Variety/Getty
“I woke up and felt unsettled.
I didn’t like the direction that I was going in my life,” he recalled.
“It’s been the greatest chapter of my life.”