Jesse Eisenberg Talks Being a Dad & Dealing With Anxiety

Jesse Eisenberg is getting candid about his struggle with anxiety.

The 35-year-old actor took the stage to talk with the Child Mind Institute during Advertising Week on Thursday (September 26) in New York City.

Jesse, who says he was checked into a psychiatric hospital at at 11, opened up about dealing with anxiety as the parent of a 3-year-old son.

“To me, there’s nothing better for one’s mental health than to worry about things that are real, and when you have a child, you can only worry about something that’s real,” Jesse said during the event.

He added, “I resist all of the temptations I have to make [my son] neurotic, because I know it’s not helpful. I know that what might feel good in the moment of consoling a kid who appears nervous may be detrimental in the long term.”

Jesse and his wife Anna Strout welcomed their son in April of 2017.