What do stars like Michael Jackson, Jon Hamm, LeAnn Rimes Billy Joel, Michelle Williams and Catherine Zeta-Jones have in common? It may shock you but these famous celebrities have battled depression. Even young stars like Channing Tatum, Demi Lovato, and Katy Perry is still battling it today and famous comedian Robin Williams is no exception.
Just like his first serious role in goodwill hunting which landed him his first academy award, the 63-year old Oscar winner Robin Williams shock the world when a lady dialed 911 calling for medical assistance and described the medical emergency. An older adult was found dead in his room, belt tied around his neck, his body slightly hanged from a chair and multiple slashes in his wrist. The world was shocked to found it to be the famous comedian. But where did all the happy hormones go? Reports showed that Williams has been having an ongoing battle against depression alongside his relapses from his former substance abuse.
Clinical depression has been haunting not only famous public figures and celebrities but also over a million Americans in the United States. This statistics might also be considered to be underestimated. Psychotherapist Sherry Gaba said in her article that celebrities usually has grandiose expectations from themselves and the higher they expect from themselves, the more intense are their failures when their goals are not realized, "fame mania and depression: the hidden link." Also the easy access to illicit drugs that comes with fame is no question.
'Clinical depression is different from sadness, sadness is what we all feel as an emotion that is very common and the difference between the two is that clinical depression impacts on functioning,' Rhonda Adessky, Ph.D discussed. Statistics show that about thirty percent of patients who are clinically depressed attempt suicide. It is therefore imperative that even though newline antidepressants have been discovered, there has been a continuing increase in the number of clinically depressed Americans. 'With the use of serial treatments, 60 perhaps 70 percent of people with depression can achieve remission.What about the other 30 or 40 percent? These people who have their depression not successfully treated may have some improvements in symptoms but ultimately they develop what they call chronic depression,' Adessky revealed.
