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"Samantha Womack has spoken for the first time about her battle with anxiety problems. The former EastEnders actress, who starred as Ronnie Mitchell from 2007, attributed her battle to maturity.   &amp;quot;I feel safer behind a camera,&amp;quot; she told Female First. &amp;quot;I certainly have more anxiety about live theatre because if you don&amp;#039;t get it right, you can&amp;#039;t go back.  &amp;quot;I really battle with it a lot more. It started around two years ago - it comes and goes. It&amp;#039;s a really strange thing.&amp;quot; Womack elaborated further: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not based on any one specific thing, but I think it&amp;#039;s more to do with when you get older, you consider everything much more.  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s an arrogance of youth. Some days I can cope with it and other days I find it quite difficult. But what I do now is let people know that&amp;#039;s the state I&amp;#039;m in rather than pretend I&amp;#039;m not.&amp;quot; The 40-year-old - who raises son Ben, 12, and 7-year-old daughter Lily-Rose - added that she finds motherhood and acting &amp;quot;very hard&amp;quot; to juggle. Womack has been mourning for her late father, who committed suicide in 2009. View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures - Photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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