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I’m doing this throwback a day early to test to see if my notifications are working. Please let me kow if you saw this post in your WordPress Reader, via email, or both. Thank you!!
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Today’s Throwback is from Sep 2, 2014.
If there’s one thing we learned from the death of Robin Williams, it’s that celebrities have an impact on the publics perception of mental illness. It made people around the world stop for a second and think, It could happen to anybody. There are some quotes from celebrites who have been diagnosed with mental illness, such as Catherine Zeta Jones. And there are quotes from mental health advocates, such as Glenn Close. Here, I present to you, a small sampling of celebrity quotes on mental illness:
“I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole.” -Brooke Shields“A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.” – Jane Pauley“There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help,” -Catherine Zeta-Jones“It was like I had a curse on me. I couldn’t believe how much God was piling on. There was so much death around me.” George Michael“The lows were absolutely horrible. It was like falling into a manhole and not being able to lift the lid and climb out.” Linda Hamilton“You know the bad thing about being a survivor… You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.” -Carrie Fisher“Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.” –Brian Wilson“I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it’s called bipolar manic depression. I’ve got a rich history of that in my family.” Ben Stiller“Every pore of you is crying and you don’t even understand why or what. I actually kind of died and got born again as a result of taking the meds and having a chance to, you know, build a life.” -Sinéad O’Connor“You have good days and bad days, and depression’s something that, you know, is always with you.” – Winona RyderMental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like ‘Modern Family,’ but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. -Eric McCormack“I always had a dissociative disorder. But I healed from it over the course of 14 years of big-time therapy. But, you know, I mean, everybody’s kind of loony now. So I was kind of a pioneer in the mental illness thing, too.” -Roseanne Barr“I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness,” -Glenn Close
p.s. Thery’re all terrific quotes, but I especially love the “C & C” quotes – Catherine Zeta-Jones and Carrie Fisher. I pre-ordered Carrie’s new book “The Princess Diarist” months ago. It has been a #1 bestseller on Amazon for a long time, which amazes me. I wish CZJ would write a memoir too…it would be a huge hit.
Hi Bradley. I received your email notification but you still are not showing up in the WordPress reader today. I like your post. Jane Pauley is my favorite. I don’t feel I am being authentic if I have to hide part of myself. But people are uncomfortable with or even afraid of what they don’t understand.
Yeah, that’s one of the negatives of self hosting, it’s not possible to reblog. Some people copy and past a sentence or a paragraph and then provide a link, but I know it’s not the same as reblogging.
Hi Bradley
I relate to several of the feeling mentioned by celebrities. By reading the comments, the ones most offensive to me are the most popular to others. To each his own. I have a friend who is struggling to not kill herself, the smart ass comments hit me harder because my father committed suicide, I’ve made many attempts and now a dear friend may be dead for all I know today. I’m a bit raw.
I did get you post, didn’t check reader since you come to my email. I am still not receiving comments made to me. I have a nice post and CS request to get off ass and fix the problem. My comments quit coming a couple of weeks before the whole thing fell apart by unfolding all my followers, just kept going down from there.
Take care. I’m sure people will benefit from your post.
M
I self host so it was never a WordPress problem. It was due to complications from one of the vendors applications. They worked hard on it and I’m very happy it was finally fixed.
I was looking at the below page on your website that mentioned a mental health topic, and I’m curious if you’d be open to me writing some unique content for your audience on the subject. It was this page of your site that I was looking at:
When you have time, please let me know what you think. I’ve been writing about various topics for some time now, and would love the opportunity to contribute unique content to your site. I can write an article or two. Let me know what you think. Thank you!
Hey friend – I only saw this post come through my email, not my WordPress Reader! :000000 Xo (Great photos and quotes, by the way….)
AAARGH!!! It went to my Facebook page too. I’ll see if I get a couple more responses and contact tech support again if I have to.
p.s. Thery’re all terrific quotes, but I especially love the “C & C” quotes – Catherine Zeta-Jones and Carrie Fisher. I pre-ordered Carrie’s new book “The Princess Diarist” months ago. It has been a #1 bestseller on Amazon for a long time, which amazes me. I wish CZJ would write a memoir too…it would be a huge hit.
I love Carrie Fisher’s quote. I adore her. My other favorite is Jane Pauley’s.
Hi Bradley. I received your email notification but you still are not showing up in the WordPress reader today. I like your post. Jane Pauley is my favorite. I don’t feel I am being authentic if I have to hide part of myself. But people are uncomfortable with or even afraid of what they don’t understand.
Thank you for letting me know about the notifications problem. Hopefully I’ll get it fixed some day.
Same – email but not on reader.
#%&@#!!!!
Winona Ryder
i would reblog this, but there’s no button for that 🙁
Yeah, that’s one of the negatives of self hosting, it’s not possible to reblog. Some people copy and past a sentence or a paragraph and then provide a link, but I know it’s not the same as reblogging.
That Carrie Fisher quote is stellar, but I love Glenn Close’s, too.
I’ve written couple of posts based on that Carrie Fisher quote. It’s so true
It really is.
Hi Bradley
I relate to several of the feeling mentioned by celebrities. By reading the comments, the ones most offensive to me are the most popular to others. To each his own. I have a friend who is struggling to not kill herself, the smart ass comments hit me harder because my father committed suicide, I’ve made many attempts and now a dear friend may be dead for all I know today. I’m a bit raw.
I did get you post, didn’t check reader since you come to my email. I am still not receiving comments made to me. I have a nice post and CS request to get off ass and fix the problem. My comments quit coming a couple of weeks before the whole thing fell apart by unfolding all my followers, just kept going down from there.
Take care. I’m sure people will benefit from your post.
M
Bradley
When I submit my comment it says your site is not secure
M
Oh my, that’s a new one. Let me know if it happens again on my next post, which will be Monday
It happened on the second comment I sent today. Let you know about tomorrow.
🙂
Thank you
Thank you. I hope you get the problem resolved. It took awhile for mine to be taken care of.
Did you have to do it all yourself or did WP step up?
I self host so it was never a WordPress problem. It was due to complications from one of the vendors applications. They worked hard on it and I’m very happy it was finally fixed.
Great!
Enjoyed these, Bradley, so spot on. (I saw this in my email, I don’t often use the reader.)
Thank you, Erika. I’m glad you were able to connect with the quotes.
Hello,
I was looking at the below page on your website that mentioned a mental health topic, and I’m curious if you’d be open to me writing some unique content for your audience on the subject. It was this page of your site that I was looking at:
http://www.insightsbipolarbear.com/celebrity-quotes-mental-illness-throwback-thursday/
When you have time, please let me know what you think. I’ve been writing about various topics for some time now, and would love the opportunity to contribute unique content to your site. I can write an article or two. Let me know what you think. Thank you!
Marie