Mental Health and the Z list celebrities

Irish_peppa wrote: »

In fairness Bressie did a degree and has a masters in his field afaik ( i assume that took 4 or 5 years to achieve) so he has put the work in and seems to be passionate about it.
Hmmm I dont know about him charging schools but surely he should be allowed to charge for his time and hard earned knowledge? How is he supposed to pay his mortgage and expenses and possible college loan back.

Yea I was wondering how long it would take for Bessie's name to crop up.
I'd say to anyone who questions him to read his book.
He genuinely did suffer from crippling anxiety and his book is a very honest account of that, warts and all.

Mental Health is at a major downfall with the current stuff going on and the answer from doctors is Medication which does not work for some people. A lot of people (including me) are on the Autistic spectrum but simply cant afford the services to give a diagnosis, the public health system here dont give a toss and just as i said 'prescribe this and that and come back to them in xx weeks'
Anyway a lot of these celebs are trying to do good but we dont have the bank balances they have and attention. Pretty girl says shes depressed and the social media is all over it

A lot of these pretty humans seem to marry/date into €€€€, Wags the worst culprits

I don't get how athletic /sports players have depression, experts say the best way to beat depression is to exercise. Professionals athletes would be exercising daily yet they're still depressed.

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Vogue Williams-

She particularly annoys me. I don't want to say she is 'fake' etc. But she turns the whole mental health issue into ..'me me me'...and not the issue.

If you want to bring awareness talk about mental health not YOUR mental health.

SOme of the things she says are ....unbelievable....like she never knew there was a link between OCD and anxiety. Well if you have ocd you pretty much feel anxious all the time and simply searching google should tell you there is.

I remember she did a show about ocd ....and she meets this girl who won't leave the house without being prepared for everything ..that means a sick bag ..a resuscitation kit in case someone with her collapses

Vogue then says ..'I have make up in my bag enough for 50 people'...

She goes to a ocd yoga class for people in that show for people with intrusive thoughts ....and there was nothing said about what that is she didn't seem to know what it was.

The show seems to imply yoga alleviates intrusive thoughts ...which is bs. It uses takes meds. For a while anyway...The two main treatments for OCD are psychotherapy and medications. But on her show she was acting like yoga would do it.

That form of OCD is a REALLY severe condition.

Also there is a connection between OCD and other neurological disorders such as epilepsy.

I have ocd when i get stressed ..i have also had the odd seizure and its refractory. When I told my psychiatrist he said it was very much linked to my ocd. And that the seizure activity in my brain triggered the ocd and intrusive thoughts. He said if the seizure activity calmed down (not all activity results in an actual seizure) the ocd prob would too.

So MY ocd is partic scary ..if it comes ...it likely means my brain is having seizure activity ....and its possible i will have one. And it terrifies me.

Rant over.

And everyone thinks i fake the ocd ....or that i make up the link between ocd and seizures....and they don't realize why i have to keep myself calm.

ok that scared me

IAMAMORON wrote: »

All scenarios are different and even the most seemingly successful people have their demons. There is no secret recipe for mental damage, it happens to some and maybe not others.

Many people go through serious complications in life and do not get scarred or suffer emotionally. It is a mixed bag.

Im not saying successful people don't have demons. But they have a lot of tools to help them that others don't. They can afford private doctors ...better hospitals. They have way more support. Their illness is less of a burden. And lets face it ..successful people have nicer lives.

If people use their illness to make people feel sorry for them ..that is manipulative and it usually works in reverse.

People in my life don't know i have ocd ..they only know if i have a seizure if i had to go to hospital for a day or so and i missing in action so to speak ( i rarely have seizures though).

I am not saying keep it a secret.

Also often ..they have milder cases. And any content ends up being about them ..not the general illness ..and it makes it worse because people end up being even more misinformed about mental illness than they were to begin with.

I don't doubt famous people have serious ups and downs in life. I am not sur the general public is the best place to ask for help though. How can we help them?

Phoebas wrote: »

Sinead is one of the most talented artists that Ireland has ever produced. She has real and longstanding mental health issues.

Putting her in the same category as Vogue Williams in regard to her talent or her mental health issues is way off the mark.

Ah here, what talent beyond her one Nothing Compares to you song? Name another song that shes famous for exactly? She learned early in her life if she parades a load of mental health issues in front of the camera she gets what she wants, and thats attention. Ever notice her mental health evolves with the issues of the day? How convenient, child abuse in the church and she rips up a pic of the pope. The MeToo scandal and she brands the initials of an abusive producer on her forehead. Islamic State taking over headlines so she becomes a Muslim. Whatever keeps her front and centre.

Most people with mental health issues would be mortified sharing their experiences in front of the camera. Not Sinead though, she has one eye on her medication and another, very keen eye, on her profile and social media likes. She loves the camera and the only reason she got all the airtime she did in the 90s was because Gay Byrne had a real gra for her and loved giving her attention, something thankfully Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy put a stop to...

In order to be a true z lister you need questionable talent and be dropping with narcissism.