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- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Photo by Eva Rinaldi, Flickr. “I found that with depression one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.
- Stormzy. “If there’s anyone out there going through it [depression], I think for them to see that I went through it would help. Because for a long time I used to think that soldiers don’t go through that.
- Wil Wheaton. “One of the primary reasons I speak out about my mental illness, is so that I can make the difference in someone’s life that I wish had been made in mine when I was young, because not only did I have no idea what Depression even was until I was in my twenties, once I was pretty sure that I had it, I suffered with it for another fifteen years, because I was ashamed, I was embarrassed, and I was afraid.”
- Trevor Noah. “One of the best things that helps depression is work, and socialising with other people and connecting. Because when you work you find purpose.”
- Kevin Love. “In the short time I’ve been meeting with the therapist, I’ve seen the power of saying things out loud in a setting like that… I went to my first appointment with the therapist with some skepticism.
- Bruce Springstein. “The talking cure – it works. But you’ve got to commit yourself to a process…I enjoyed the investigative examination of issues in my life that I didn’t understand.
- Brett Eldredge. “Therapy has really changed my life over the last three years, three or four years even. I’ve been somebody that’s kinda scared of vulnerability a little bit, but I started to realize that opening up, and realizing that you don’t have to be perfect and perfection is not worth chasing down.
- Justin Bieber. “I have been looking, seeking, trial and error as most of us do, I am now very focused on repairing some of the deep rooted issues that I have as most of us have, so that I don’t fall apart, so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be.
Involving celebrities in stigma reduction is increasingly common. This Editorial considers the impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma; that is, whether and how a famous person openly speaking about their experience of mental health conditions can reduce stigma.
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- Ashley Judd. In a 2013 Today Show interview, Ashley Judd told Matt Lauer, "I was absolutely, certifiably crazy and now I get to have a solution, and for those who are co-dependent or suffer from depression, there is a solution."
- Emma Stone. When she was 9 years old, Emma Stone drew a picture of her anxiety, a scary green monster that Stephen Colbert showcased for his audience in his 2017 interview with the Academy Award-winning actress.
- J. K. Rowling. Even more gripping than her epic Harry Potter books is the British author’s 2008 Harvard commencement address where she explained how failure and times of darkness can guide you to a sense of purpose.
- Halle Berry. When her marriage to baseball player David Justice failed, Halle Berry became despondent and tried to commit suicide. In an interview with Parade magazine in 2007, the Oscar-winning actress revealed that she tried to gas herself.
Jun 21, 2023 · And the foundation started by actor Taraji P. Henson — the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation — has seen a 200 percent increase in Black men seeking its help in only three years.
- Eric Adelson
The percentage of men in the United States who have daily feelings of depression or anxiety, according to data from the National Health Interview Survey (2010–13).
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Oct 4, 2019 · When celebrities come forward about mental health, they help those suffering in silence and chip away at barriers preventing people from getting help.
