10 famous people who suffered from depression
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Depression is a serious psychological disorder that can watch any person regardless of his social status and material well-being. Today we will talk about famous personalities who defeated depression and bipolar disorder.
Winston Churchill
The famous prime minister of Great Britain all his life suffered from severe depression. He even gave her the nickname "black dog", which suggests that depression was his constant companion throughout his life. Once Churchill shared his thoughts with the doctor and told that he does not like to stand at the side of the ship and look at the sea abyss, because one movement can solve everything.
Vincent van Gogh
The famous artist created between bouts of bipolar affective psychosis. However, some of his biographers claim that Van Gogh wrote his best works during the manic attacks. His condition was aggravated by the wild life and love of absinthe. This led the great artist to a state of severe depression and suicide.
Joanne Rowling
Despite the successful career and good earnings, once Joan Ruling thought about how to settle accounts with life. She reached this state after parting with her first husband. The only thing that kept her from this step was her daughter, whom the woman still had to put on her feet. She turned to a therapist who helped her get rid of the black thoughts. After the depression began to let go of Joan, she set about writing the first book about Harry Potter.
Hugh Laurie
The famous Dr. House confessed that during the adolescent years he suffered from depression, but he constantly struggled, not letting him absorb herself, and even did not even give the appearance that he was tormented by something. After the marriage, the actor nevertheless turned to the therapist and says that this is the most correct decision, to ask for help from a professional, because not only the patient, but also his relatives suffer.
Jim carrey
We used to see him always smiling, with a set of funny grimaces and jokes. However, this showy clowning simply covered his present state of protracted melancholy. After the shooting, where he had to play funny roles, he came home and drank antidepressants. But soon Jim still visited the doctor and decided that it was better to get rid of the problem than just seize it with pills.
Princess Diana
Few people knew that the life of Princess Diana is far from a fairy tale. Many saw in her only a royal person. Whose desires are fulfilled at the behest of a magic wand. In fact, Diana was a lonely person and suffered from misunderstanding and depression. Once, pregnant with the first child, she even rushed downstairs to draw the attention of Charles.
Gwyneth Paltrow
After the birth of the second child, Gwyneth admitted that she suffered from postpartum depression. She said that during this period she could not establish contact with the newborn and did not experience a maternal instinct. Postural depression is a very dangerous period in a woman's life, this condition can affect her mental health.
Winona Ryder
After parting with Johnny Depp, Winona began to abuse alcohol and against this background, she was constantly harassed by a sense of fear and anxiety. Winona said that there are good and bad days, and depression makes from a variety of days a solid black bar. For help, the actress decided to apply after she fell asleep with a lit cigarette.
Owen Wilson
The cheerful and winding actor Owen Wilson also had black days. In 2007, in his own home in California, Wilson tried to commit suicide. Some friends were shocked, and those who were more informed said that in this way Owen decided to overcome the demons, including drug addiction. "
Heath Ledger
The famous actor died at the height of glory in 2008. With him there were no close people and friends. Everything that surrounded him was a heap of medicines, from which he had an overdose. As the journalists wrote, the actor suffered from insomnia, so he was pumped up with a huge dose of sedative, analgesic and sleeping pills. After the death of a reliable source it became known that Ledger was depressed after parting with Michelle Williams.