Editing Lars von Trier (section)

====Mental health====
Von Trier suffers from various fears and [[phobia]]s, including an intense [[fear of flying]]. This fear frequently places severe constraints on him and his crew, necessitating that virtually all of his films be shot in either Denmark or Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/13/film.filmnews |title=Guardian UK interview 2007 |last=Burke |first=Jason |date=13 May 2007 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, England |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/may/13/film.filmnews |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On numerous occasions, he has stated that he suffers from occasional [[major depressive disorder|depression]] which renders him incapable of doing his work and unable to fulfill social obligations.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lR6sIjOBE_AC&pg=PA118 |title=Global auteurs: politics in the films of Almodóvar, von Trier, and Winterbottom |last=Goss |first=Brian Michael |date=2009 |publisher=[[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang]] |location=Bern, Switzerland |isbn=978-1-4331-0134-2 |page=118 |access-date=11 October 2010 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606040813/http://books.google.com/books?id=lR6sIjOBE_AC&pg=PA118 |url-status=live}}</ref>