The 40-year-old actress believes her early success, including winning an Academy Award in 1998, made people wary of her, reported Contactmusic.
"I feel a sisterhood emerging around me. I'm less threatening now that I'm 40 and not 26-with-an-Oscar. They know I've been through a lot of pain and suffering - some public, some private - and I keep going. Or maybe it's just that I was the first one who could afford therapy!," she said.
Paltrow is surrounded with good friends including celebrities Cameron Diaz, Beyonce Knowles and Stella McCartney.