YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Celebrities and Professional Athletes Struggle Too
YOU
DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON
June 9, 2019
"I found that with depression the most important thing you can realize is you are not alone'
ARE
JUSTIN BIEBER
“I got really depressed on tour,” he said. “I haven’t talked about this, and I’m still processing so much stuff that I haven’t talked about.
DEMAR DEROZAN
“This is real stuff, we’re all human at the end of the day."
MICHAEL PHELPS
“I remember sitting in my room for four or five days not wanting to be alive, not talking to anybody. That was a struggle for me … I reached that point where I finally realized I couldn’t do it alone”
LADY GAGA
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BEYONCE
"I didn't eat. I stayed in my room. I was in a really bad place in life, going through that lonely period
KENDRICK LAMAR
“I’ve been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent, It’s pulling from the experience of going through change and accepting change — that’s the hardest thing for man, accepting change.”
CARA DELEVINGNE
"I wish I could have given myself a hug. I wish I'd known that I was still in there somewhere, that I wasn't my own worst enemy, that I wasn't trapped. That if you can hold on for dear life — because being a teenager can feel like you're on a rollercoaster to hell, that's what it honestly felt like to me — you can get through it. Time moves on, feelings pass, it does get better."
CHRIS EVANS
"Everyone’s brain is noisy, and the root of suffering is following that brain noise and listening to that brain noise, and identifying with it as if it’s who you are.”
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DEMI LOVATO
"Mental health is something that we all need to talk about, and we need to take the stigma away from it. So let’s raise the awareness. Let’s let everybody know it’s OK to have a mental illness and addiction problem."\
JAY WILLIAMS
"Everybody has issues in their lives. Everybody has demons they deal with. Granted, my demons might have happened on a bigger stage. But I hope my story can help people find their way out of their own darkness."
KRISTEN BELL
"When I was 18, my mom sat me down and said, 'If there ever comes a time where you feel like a dark cloud is following you, you can get help. You can talk to me, talk to a therapist, talk to doctor. I want you to know that there are options.'"
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
"Honestly, therapy, just talking to somebody just helped me out a lot. As a man you get a lot of slack for it. … I don’t really subscribe to that. Everyone needs to unpack and talk.”