48 Celebrities Who Revealed Their Mental Illnesses To Help Others Find Courage

You ignorant person. Do some reading up on this She was ostracised by everybody and made fun of - the tabloids, magazines, other celebrities, nobody would hire her, and it was directly because she came out. Her courage to be who she was shaped the LGBTQ community we have today, that was so supressed before. 1997 was a very different time. She faced 5 years of struggle and horrible treatment before making a comeback in 2002.

when did she lose her show ?

Agree completely! The show centered too much around Ellen and the same story line, it left out all the other characters and their lives. It just stopped being funny.

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As a former Catholic seminarian for 7 years, I knew a LOT of gay people (some I only knew about years later). I found that they were either very subtle about their sexuality and it was no big deal, OR it was EVERYTHING to them, and they were very in-your-face about it. I found the latter people to be very emotionally immature, they seemed to have the attitude of "Well, I'm gay, and you HAVE to like me!" It was very off-putting, and I learned to appreciate the more mature, subtle people a lot more.

That's not what clue of OCD is. It's really serious condition where main problems are not obsessive actions, but obsessive thoughts in your head that you can't get rid of. Trust me actions are just cover for a terrible mess that is in head. :(

OCD means you absolutely have to do something. It might be random things like switch the light on and off 30 times when leaving a room. It has nothing to do with striving for perfection.

I partially agree with you, but don't forget OCD can also keep you from doing your job at all for making you too busy with literally unnecessary things you're bound to. Just like described in the example.

That is absolutely not true, the perfectionism is a stereotype that many OCD sufferers do not have to deal with. It is a very common stereotype. From an OCD sufferer

I have OCD... OCD is about having obsessive thoughts. This thoughts are usually around actions and that if you don't fulfill them, bad things will happen or good things will not happen (of course is not the same for everybody but this is the basic) it can turn you nuts. It can generate depression and make your life a living hell, where you are just obsessing over negative ideas that might never happen, constantly. OCD is not about being perfectionist and I personally am perfectionist with some things but not because I have OCD. Please, if you are not informed properly or suffer it, don't missinform people about it.

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He may have OCD, but he is not a great actor. I can think of two performances that were excellent and the rest he was either overshadowed by another actor or he was the lead and it dragged the film down.

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He may be OCD, but he is not a great actor. I can think of two performances that were excellent and a bunch more where he was overshadowed by other actors or made the movie less by being in it.

OCD is not cute, it is a mental disorer wich can be awfull ^^

I never knew that. Thanks for sharing:)

It does not make sense most of the times. That's why a lot of people don't understand about how you feel. Most people think depression is caused by a very negative event, something bad that happened etc., but when there is something not good with the chemistry in your brain, depression may appear at any moment. I struggled my whole life and now I know these feelings are part of me and I have to accept it and deal with it. It made me very strong and extra motivated to enjoy my life as it is, with ups and downs.

exactly, I can feel it too. But also, when you're manic all your life plans seems so easy to complete ;)

I love your photo, Veronica :)

That's so me.

I think it's not voluntary, and that humor for some is born of pain and suffering.

Not really for that reason. It is actually quite the opposite of sacrificing. Being funny is in a way a side effect of depression and bipolar disorder. When you develop that sort of deep inner sadness that is always there, no matter what you do, you have to let the pressure out somehow.

I remember thinking, when I was depressed, age 15, that the reason I often saw the funny side of things was because no one would cheer me up but me.

When I first talked about it with some people and friends who knew me for a long time, they were very surprised and said something on the lines of "but you always look so happy and you are always making jokes". I think a little of what happens (at least in my case) is that being with people and making jokes can be distracting from your own sadness and most of the times, making people laugh makes you feel happy for a little.

It maybe seems like that, certainly. But I am sure that they become depressed because everyone expect them to be funny all the time and people never take them seriously even if they are. I think that for the depression of a comedian we can only blame for their surroundings for not being able to recognise their true feelings behind the mask.

try anything that you think you would enjoy find something positive and productive to look forward to every day that is what i have been doing its not a cure but it helps some days the other days i just have to force myself to put on foot in front of the other and carry on :)

Taking what you feel at any moment seriously. Be it sad, angry, frustrated, etc.. Don't push it away, don't try to identify it, just kinda breathe through it (maybe I'm not making much sense, but that's what helped me). Next to that, no matter how s****y you feel, try to leave the house, even if for just a minute.

Physical activity. Better in a group. Group physical discipline. I dag trenches for a year and it sorted me out.

For now I don't have a job and I feeling terrible, just sitting at home and basically doing nothing. I'm looking for a new one obviously and I think this will help. Apart from that it's good to go out with a friend sometimes (it totally helped me today), even though sometimes you just want to stay at home. tucked in bed. And also finding some thing that interests you in particular may be good. Some hobby, that you can do on a regular basis (not giving up on regularity is very important). Maybe you like some sports? Basketball, tennis, horse ridding, cycling, swimming, zumba? Or dancing? Or drawing/painting? As for me, manual occupations make me better, so recently I bought myself a mini loom! :) I can see you have dogs, I have two of them too and I think taking care of them and cuddling with them is a huge step towards feeling better.

She adopted her kids maybe? It seems to me that it is a good reason to get up in the morning, you HAVE to get up in the morning, they count on you. Or it was a film: you can't not go on set, there are so many people working on the same thing as you, so much money involved, plus the time-line, etc... You have to be there, you can't afford to stay in bed.

Her knee is folded up.

I think that is her right leg bent .Does look weird though.

It's her knee!