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It's great when Celebs can admit they have real people problems.

Lindsey Vonn Reveals Depression Battle
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By ELIZABETH LEONARD

Lindsey Vonn seems to have it all.

As the most decorated skier in U.S. history, Vonn's easy smile and record-decimating athletic career have made her a fixture on podiums, magazine covers and multi-million dollar endorsement deals. But life off the slopes wasn't always so rosy.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the Olympic gold medalist, 28, discloses that she's quietly suffered from depression for many years and currently takes an anti-depressant to help manage her symptoms.

"Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people. But I struggle like everyone else," Vonn confesses.

At one point in 2008, she says, "I couldn't get out of bed anymore. I felt hopeless, empty, like a zombie."

But these days, Vonn is happier than she's been in a long time. "I feel like I just needed to get everything off my chest," says the ski racer, who filed for divorce late last year from her husband Thomas Vonn, also her longtime manager and coach.

With the winter race season underway – Vonn nabbed her 57th World Cup win on Dec. 8 in St. Moritz, Switzerland – she's hit a new groove.

"All the parts of my life are finally in sync," she says. "I accept who I am, and I'm moving forward."

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clarelove 14th-Dec-2012 01:07 am (UTC)
what kind of title
karinette001 14th-Dec-2012 01:08 am (UTC)
sounds like me :(
aquaricom 14th-Dec-2012 01:09 am (UTC)
Keep moving foward my love <3

I have Bipolar, and when the lows are low, they are the worst.



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orlanstamos 14th-Dec-2012 01:13 am (UTC)
It's nice that she's coming out and saying something. My depression is better now than it was but when I was in law school, it was awful.

I graduated and everything but I feel like I lost two years of my life. It's hard feeling like I lost so many opportunities and got so behind on career things because there were so many times when I could not actually get out of bed to even get dressed.
toilandblood 14th-Dec-2012 01:15 am (UTC)
it's horrible the social stigma mental illness has.
"Depression is a flaw in chemistry, not character."
beachwee 14th-Dec-2012 02:45 am (UTC)
this.
francesbcobain 14th-Dec-2012 03:00 am (UTC)
mte. i hate when people think i'm being whiny. no, i'm depressed and have no one to talk to. :(
demriparrott 14th-Dec-2012 05:39 am (UTC)
this. There shouldn't be a difference between a broken arm and depression. Both are injuries (so to speak) to the body that need medication and medical help. Why the stigma?

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loverelapse 14th-Dec-2012 06:48 am (UTC)
lol and the ever appropriate "just make yourself better"
thetxbelle 14th-Dec-2012 01:27 am (UTC)
ugh I feel so shitty lately and I'm sick of needing medication. I've accepted being bipolar for the most part but every once in awhile I just want to be normal.
frenchverbs 14th-Dec-2012 01:28 am (UTC)
I toyed with the idea of going on meds a few months back and ended up deciding they weren't for me. I've been seeing my therapist for a few years now, and I feel like I am not making progress. Depression sucks.
jeterluva 14th-Dec-2012 02:29 am (UTC)
That's how I felt but things just kept on getting worse and I became suicidal when my depression turned into an episode of PMD. I ended up being on meds for a year and a half. I've been off of them since May and haven't had any depression systems since. I wish I would've started them sooner. It might have stopped things from going too far.
vonlisbon 14th-Dec-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
How do you know they "aren't for you" if you haven't tried them?

j/w 'cause I was totally on the "NO NEVER NOT EVER EVER EVER NO MEDS NO MATTER WHAT" train forever. Changed my mind - one of the best decisions of my life. Personally my beef with it was this belief that all of the dozens upon dozens of antidepressants out there were ~magic pills that would make me an emotionally empty zombie~ or some nonsense like that. Been on 20 mg of Celexa for like seven years now and I sure as hell still get sad, angry, self-loathing, anxious, etc from time to time - I'm just better able to manage it and it doesn't suck out my entire soul for days or weeks on end.
loverelapse 14th-Dec-2012 06:50 am (UTC)
idg why people are so adamantly against them. they aren't magic pills, but they do help me but i thought i was "okay now" so i didn't need them and felt kind of pressured by people around me, like okay you're fine be normal again, and i relapsed after i stopped taking them. i understand people have severe side effects but lol at "you lose yourself on pills" like get the fuck out of here with that bs.
ardenture 14th-Dec-2012 01:40 am (UTC)
"I couldn't get out of bed anymore. I felt hopeless, empty, like a zombie."

Omg this was me 3 weeks ago! I felt numb and I felt like I was existing instead of living. It was bad, really bad.
mangosmuggler 14th-Dec-2012 04:00 am (UTC)
***HUGE HUGS*** bb <3 It took me TEN years to find a good psychiatrist and therapist because there are so many shitty ones out there.

And that's the bullshit about mental illness - it's fucking guess work/trial and error. Most other illnesses, you already go in knowing what you need to do.

Hang in there, bb <3
fabouluz 14th-Dec-2012 01:59 am (UTC)
What is that title.

I would only consider medication if it got rid of my bad thoughts.
infinite93 14th-Dec-2012 02:03 am (UTC)
It makes them so much worse at first
jeterluva 14th-Dec-2012 02:34 am (UTC)
If you get the right combination it can work. It does take hard work fighting those thoughts. One day I just noticed they weren't there anymore. I also had about 3 months of daily outpatient therapy of teaching me how to change my thoughts and whatnot but it all helped tremendously.
beachwee 14th-Dec-2012 02:44 am (UTC)
I agree with what jeterluva said, it takes the right kind, and the right combination. Though it takes a bit for the medication to kick in
francesbcobain 14th-Dec-2012 03:00 am (UTC)
ikr. i'm so cruel to myself and to make it worse i deal with depersonalization. i wish there was a medication to make it stop.
sophistiquated 14th-Dec-2012 03:53 am (UTC)
It takes a lot of time and patience to find the right medication for you, unfortunately. For me, Wellbutrin helped the thoughts.
thewhowhatwhats 14th-Dec-2012 03:57 am (UTC)
It can.
peddlestools 14th-Dec-2012 02:01 am (UTC)
i have pmdd. my period was, like, four days late. i was dying. it's so awful. it's like i have borderline personality disorder 1 week a month, i hate it.

and now i'm into my second day of my period and i'm fine. normal. it's so weird.
ekrelly 14th-Dec-2012 02:03 am (UTC)
ugh I started school again this semester and i've had so many breakdowns. it's my first semester back since I took time off to go into treatment for my ED and on top of regular stress, my anxiety meds kept getting changed, my depression was all over the place and I got diagnosed with ADHD last week so another medication was added. ugh. at least therapy's helping.
beachwee 14th-Dec-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
I have had at least 3-4 this semester already, sometimes it's over pretty much nothing. it's the worst.
glad therapy is helping you though, i'm strongly considering it on top of my medication, people tell me it works, so I can at least give it a try.

though if you ever wanna talk to someone I am here!!
ekrelly 14th-Dec-2012 07:53 am (UTC)
I hate when I get breakdowns over nothing. When I don't know what's wrong, I just feel like I'm crazy and it makes things so much worse. Thanks bb. <3 If you're wanting to start therapy, see if your school has counselling because some campuses give free services to students. I hope things work out for you!
loverelapse 14th-Dec-2012 06:53 am (UTC)
i wish i started therapy earlier, truthfully. i entered college thinking i was fine and could handle things and my depression nose dived into a major depressive episode and i started toying around with suicide and i just did not handle the transition to college well :/ things are getting better though, i have a diagnosis and on meds/therapy and when we come back from break, i'm trying group therapy.

ofc, if you need help, just send me a message <3
aka_plynn 14th-Dec-2012 02:28 am (UTC)
Depression is terrible. It's worse when you've got more than one person in a household dealing with it. Mine manifests as anxious aggression, where I'm short tempered and have zero patience with anyone. My roommate? Suicidal.

Yeah. That's a fun mix. :(
beachwee 14th-Dec-2012 02:42 am (UTC)
thats awful bb i'm sorry, I know what you mean about the anxious aggression, literally anything sets me off I hate it. I find my roomie kinda finds it hard to deal with sometimes.

if you ever need to talk I am here!!! (though I may not be much help)
theblackwidow 14th-Dec-2012 02:47 am (UTC)
That's what my old house was like. I was depressed, my roommate was borderline.
francesbcobain 14th-Dec-2012 02:58 am (UTC)
i have the same problem. i'm such a fucking bitch sometimes. i'm so mean. i hurt everyone and say such horrible things, but i can't control it. it sucks. i think it's the reason i don't have any friends. well that and social anxiety.
luvherbones 14th-Dec-2012 02:33 am (UTC)
it's hard for me to imagine that there's anyone who hasn't been depressed at some point in their life.
beachwee 14th-Dec-2012 02:40 am (UTC)
i'm glad she is coming out and speaking about it, I struggle with anxiety, and i've had bouts of depression and I hate that I need medication, but it helps me more than anything.
Lately though I really think I need to start therapy as well, i've obviously got some deep rooted issues. lol.

props to her <3
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