Slideshow to accompany an In Media Res post for Disability Media theme week.

1. JUST ANOTHER CELEBRITY
CONFESSIONAL?
FAMOUS FACES, RECOGNISABLE
VOICES AND MENTAL HEALTH IN
THE MEDIA

3. ADELE
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
MY KNOWLEDGE OF POSTPARTUM - OR POST-NATAL, AS WE
CALL IT IN ENGLAND - IS THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO BE WITH
YOUR CHILD; YOU’RE WORRIED YOU MIGHT HURT YOUR CHILD;
YOU’RE WORRIED YOU WEREN’T DOING A GOOD JOB. BUT I
WAS OBSESSED WITH MY CHILD. I FELT VERY INADEQUATE; I FELT
LIKE I’D MADE THE WORST DECISION OF MY LIFE . . ... IT CAN
COME IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS.
(VANITY FAIR 2016)

4. IMPACT
ADELE IS SPEAKING OUT AND LETTING
US ALL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
KNOWING WE’RE NOT ALONE …
(BABBLE 2016)

6. CARRIE FISHER
BIPOLAR
I USED TO THINK I WAS A DRUG ADDICT, PURE AND SIMPLE
— JUST SOMEONE WHO COULD NOT STOP TAKING DRUGS
WILFULLY. AND I WAS THAT. BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT I AM
SEVERELY MANIC DEPRESSIVE. YOU CAN'T STOP. IT'S VERY
PAINFUL. IT'S RAW. YOU KNOW, IT'S ROUGH... YOUR BONES
BURN... WHEN YOU'RE NOT BUSY TALKING AND TRYING TO
DROWN IT OUT
(ELLE 2017)

7. IMPACT
AS ANOTHER PERSON WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER, I
REALLY ADMIRE THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN
CANDIDLY ABOUT YOUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH AND
MADE PEOPLE LIKE ME FEEL LESS ALONE. I HOPE THAT
OVER THE NEXT DECADES OF MY LIFE FROM MY 20S
NOW TO MY 60S I’LL BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE YOU
ARE.

9. DEMAR DEROZAN
DEPRESSION
IT’S ONE OF THEM THINGS THAT NO MATTER HOW
INDESTRUCTIBLE WE LOOK LIKE WE ARE, WE’RE ALL
HUMAN AT THE END OF THE DAY … WE ALL GOT
FEELINGS … ALL OF THAT. SOMETIMES . . . IT GETS THE
BEST OF YOU, WHERE TIMES EVERYTHING IN THE WHOLE
WORLD’S ON TOP OF YOU.
(THE STAR! 2018)

10. IMPACT
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO REACH.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CRUCIAL TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION
GOING … TALK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS - NO MATTER
WHO YOU ARE … THANK YOU DEMAR ... BECAUSE OF
YOUR INSPIRING STORIES AND BRAVE WORDS, YOU'RE
HELPING COUNTLESS OTHERS. I KNOW MY STUDENTS
REALIZED THAT DAY THAT IF THEIR ROLE MODELS
COULD HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, ANYONE CAN.
(NAM! 2018)

12. GEORGE EZRA
ANXIETY
GEORGE EZRA HAS SHARED THE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE
‘DON’T MATTER NOW’ – WHICH HE REVEALS IS ABOUT
HIS BATTLES WITH ANXIETY.
IN TIME I REALISED THAT IT WASN’T JUST ME THAT WAS
SUFFERING FROM ANXIETY, IT WASN’T JUST ME THAT WAS
CONFUSED, AND THAT THERE’S NO HARM IN NOT ALWAYS
UNDERSTANDING WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD
AROUND YOU.
(NME 2017)

13. IMPACT
I CAN'T BELIEVE … I WAS LISTENING TO GEORGE
EZRA AND I THOUGHT: SOMEONE WHO MAKES SUCH
A POSITIVE MUSIC CAN NEVER BE SAD OR DEPRESSED
… (ON LISTENING TO HIM SPEAK ABOUT HIS
ANXIETY) … I ALMOST STARTED CRYING. GUESS I AM
NOT ALONE.
(CELEBRITIES SHARE THOUGHTS ON ANXIETY & DEPRESSION YOUTUBE 2018)

15. PRINCE HARRY
TRAUMA
I THINK MOST OF THE STIGMA IS AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS ...
WE NEED TO SEPARATE THE TWO … MENTAL HEALTH WHICH IS
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AND MENTAL ILLNESS WHICH COULD
BE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US ... BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE
SEPARATED, THE MENTAL HEALTH ELEMENT TOUCHES ON SO
MUCH OF WHAT WE’RE EXPOSED TO … EVERYONE HAS
EXPERIENCED TRAUMA OR LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA AT
SOME POINT DURING THEIR LIVES. WE NEED TO TRY, NOT
ERADICATE IT, BUT TO LEARN FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS
SO THERE’S NOT A PERPETUAL CYCLE.
(PEOPLE 2019, EMPHASIS ADDED)

16. IMPACT
MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES HAVE NOTED AN
INCREASE IN INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE
PRINCE HARRY OPENED UP ABOUT HIS DIFFICULTY
TO COPE FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DEATH OF HIS
MOTHER.
(THE TELEGRAPH 2017)

17. IMPACT
• RESPONSES TO A YOUTUBE MONTAGE OF STARS AND CELEBRITIES
SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS ON ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION:
• GLAD I WATCHED THIS VIDEO THOUGH. GIVES SOME HOPE
• WOW! THIS VIDEO DOES REALLY HELP ME NOW. I’M JUST AT THE
BEGINNING OF ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS - BUT NOW I’M
FEELING HOPEFUL THAT I WILL GET OVER IT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO.
• THANKS GOD FOR THIS. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I AM NOT HAPPY
BECAUSE CELEBRITIES ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS, BUT I THINK AT
LEAST YOU DON'T FEEL ALONE AND THEIR BRAVERY TO SPEAK
ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS IS JUST FOR PRAISING.✊ PEOPLE WILL
FINALLY UNDERSTAND THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS TOO.😑
(CELEBRITIES SHARE THOUGHTS ON ANXIETY & DEPRESSION 2018)