11:29 am - 08/19/2012
Celebrities Living with Mental Disorders
Mental disorders are very common these days, with an estimated 26 percent of Americans (1 in 4 adults) suffering from some type of mental health disorder
Most of us know someone that has some type of mental problem such as depression, bipolar disorder, or even social phobia. But what about the celebrities or famous people that are suffering with mental illness in the public eye?
Scientists have found a link between creativity and mental illness, which explains why so many people in the creative and artistic fields suffer with mental problems.
Let’s take a look at some of the big names in Hollywood that have battled mental illness. Some of the famous people on our list may shock you!
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My epilepsy meds (lamotrigine) have put me through hell and back the last few months. My mood constantly changes. It can change several times in a day or I can be fine for a week and then come back with a vengeance for a week of pure emotional turmoil. It's debilitating and frustrating. It has affected my school and work. But I can't change the meds as the others affected me even worse. I just can't stop over-thinking and over-analyzing. Crying because of absolutely no reason is horrifying. /sorries tldr/csb/etc
Most of us know someone that has some type of mental problem such as depression, bipolar disorder, or even social phobia. But what about the celebrities or famous people that are suffering with mental illness in the public eye?
Scientists have found a link between creativity and mental illness, which explains why so many people in the creative and artistic fields suffer with mental problems.
Let’s take a look at some of the big names in Hollywood that have battled mental illness. Some of the famous people on our list may shock you!
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My epilepsy meds (lamotrigine) have put me through hell and back the last few months. My mood constantly changes. It can change several times in a day or I can be fine for a week and then come back with a vengeance for a week of pure emotional turmoil. It's debilitating and frustrating. It has affected my school and work. But I can't change the meds as the others affected me even worse. I just can't stop over-thinking and over-analyzing. Crying because of absolutely no reason is horrifying. /sorries tldr/csb/etc
I think a psychiatrist would be a better choice, since I honestly think I need meds (have depression for as long I can remember), but I simply do not have the energy to look for another person.
I feel like therapists tell me shit I already know about myself...or try to give me advice that I already put into practice. or dont understand why I am there at all.
and if you can a find a practice of therapists/psychiatrists that is the best imo. That is what my therapist was part of, they were all in the same building and they were all more than open to having you sit in with different therapists/doctors to meet someone that worked for you. Plus they had a nurse practitioner too so you didn't even have to go somewhere else for prescriptions.
Edited at 2012-08-19 09:52 pm (UTC)
Edited at 2012-08-19 09:53 pm (UTC)
I think I prefer feeling sadness than nothing at all.
It can be a difficult thing to overcome, stay strong.
Sorry for the long reply.
Edited at 2012-08-20 01:59 am (UTC)
however, who the fuck doesnt suffer from depression nowadays? the world sucks, dude. we're expected to do and handle so much more than anybody before us. the amount of stress people have to face in present day is mind boggling. no wonder its so prevalant. especially if you are the type (like me) whose depression isnt due to a natural chemical imbalance, but outside forces and situations that trigger it and then you cant climb out of the hole.
i do have a chronic chemical imbalance that you can clearly trace down a line - great grandma killed herself, grandma tried, dad self medicated and became an addict, etc. my brain is actually fucked up and needs meds to balance it out, and people who are lucky enough to not have to feel that just simply can't understand it, not that they would really be able to.
God, I know depression and anxiety are two old friends. I'm trying to sort through a bunch of problems at once and I think I'm gonna end up failing. I'm working on sexual trauma, gender identity, my panic disorder and agoraphobia.
If you ever need to talk, you can message me on tumblr. Or we can exchange numbers/skype/something, lol.
have you ever been to a psychologist who deals with gender identity issues?
But anyway lately my life has been very stressful, so it would be a bad idea to go off them now. On celexa I can feel strong emotions instead of just numb. I feel sad right now just bc of life, but I can see a light at the end of the tunnel.
I have everything lined up a certain way in the refrigerator. When it comes to drinks, I only put enough to form one single line. When a drink is taken out, replace it with one to the back of the line.
I'm different when it comes to even and odd numbers, though. With objects in my rooms, candles for instance, I have to have an odd number. I have to have three or five and they have to be of slightly differing heights. The TV volume has to be an even number or a number that ends in five. It's something I really try not to let bother me, but when someone else has the remote and puts the volume to 23, I will just sit there ... I can't focus on whatever is being watched, though. Luckily, I have an extra remote I keep in front of me just for the TV. If I don't change it, I'll start having an anxiety attack.
When I put gas in my car, the end of the price has to be a five or zero ... and when I work out, I have to get off the treadmill or bike in increments of five minutes.
The only one that ever causes a problem is the volume thing.
With the exception of the different colored hangers this is legitimately me.
I think you just diagnosed me. I have felt like I was going insane for years because I have to do everything in 3's or 7's and it makes no sense. Like you were saying above...If I put the volume at 26 I'd feel twitchy and think something bad is going to happen. This is something that happens to be constantly all day but I never thought much into it because it became an annoying habit.
The thing with the volume bothers me though because if someone changes it or looks at me like an asshole for specifically putting it at 27 or 43 because it ends in those two numbers...they look at me weird and I get really insecure. Hearing you explain that made me feel slightly normal in a way. Thank you.
Living with these type of things are hard enough without having to listen to everyone butt in with their uninformed opinions, and having to smile to please everyone when I don't feel like it.
I should leave this post, I'm just ranting now.
This isn't something you can just think/rationalize your way out of.
If it were that easy don't you think we would've stopped suffering by now?
also i know that my self-harm thoughts get put on mute when i'm 'busy' so i try to stay as 'busy' as possible, even if other people don't think i'm doing much of anything. my dad told me i need to pray more and come back to judaism and then my anxiety/depression will go away. lol bitch please
Last year i had a total breakdown and was soon after diagnosed with anxiety and depression.
You should really get check out if you think something is wrong!
Don't t worry about feeling like you are not bad enough to look for help, if you are feeling suicidal that is more then enough reason to seek help.
Edited at 2012-08-19 09:45 pm (UTC)
I've never, ever been happy but I don't remember a traumatic incident when I was little that would have triggered it that young, so I've always just kind of said I always felt like I was born with it. But it makes sense that I would have just been predisposed to depression and little stresses triggered it.
i feel like i'll always be at least somewhat depressed as well. out of nowhere i'll just feel extremely sad and hopeless for no reason at all. at this point it just seems like something that is a part of me that I'll always have to deal with. Maybe one day I won't have it though who knows. I just know that i'll never take medication. It sounds stupid but i feel like it would make it worse for me.
I'm still waiting for the magic pill that'll make me want to get up in the morning. :/
there were other contributing factors, but that was a major one. it's taken a long while and a lot of work where i feel pretty okay in casual social situations. personal ones are still difficult. :/
I feel like they sabotaged me on purpose a lot tbh. It's really hard to deal with and even if I became magically social I'd still have trust issues galore :/
I have a cousin that is Bipolar and my family talks shit about her. I was telling them that I'd like to be like her because she lives in the city I want to live, went to the college I'd love to go etc and they freaked out, my aunt that is supposed to be very intelligent, etc etc was like: But why the hell would you like to be like her? She's CRAZY!!! She is a manic depressive! And she had ANOREXIA!! She's insane!
I was like.. what the actual fuck. That was awful tbh I can't believe how hypocrite AND ignorant my family is. So sad.
/csb