Alyson Stoner Wants To Normalize On-Set Mental Health Coordinators

Alyson Stoner is taking the trauma they endured as a child actor and helping other kids take control of their mental health .

The Disney Channel star recently opened up about their work as an on-set mental health coordinator, which they hope to see normalized along the lines of intimacy coordinators, noting that mental health resources are important “not just for kids in Hollywood, but also kids online.”

Having performed since age 8, Stoner recalled to The Guardian they eventually “could no longer feel emotions, let alone portray them,” leading to a diagnosis with alexithymia, a difficulty in identifying emotions.

Stoner explained the disorder was “a response to accidentally traumatising myself on all of these auditions, and following the guidance of adults who had acting manua