18 celebrities who have been treated for mental health problems

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Genius and madness always exist somewhere nearby. Perhaps this is why it has recently become fashionable, if not to ascribe to oneself some mental disorders, then to admit their presence. Indeed, quite recently, such revelations would have been repulsive rather than making a person a special owner of a subtle mental organization.

If in the West it is already almost indecent not to have any mental or psychological problems, children's complexes, not to be a victim of bullying, violence in the past, not to have addictions, then in the domestic show business such recognition, if not uncommon, is definitely not a reason for hype. Shaky mental health is not a reason for embarrassment, and visits to a psychotherapist or psychiatrist are the same as visiting a family doctor - this is the main message of all these revelations.

1. Lady Gaga

The eccentric singer was the first to openly declare her problems of this kind, however, no one saw anything unusual in this, because everyone was accustomed to the fact that she always behaves in a defiantly original manner. The courage, however, was that Lady Gaga linked her anxiety and depression to skyrocketing popularity. Then she told fans that she always considered depression to be just a bad mood and lethargy - that is, she simply did not take her seriously. In fact, everything turned out to be much more complicated, and therefore it is important to openly admit your problems.

According to the singer, it was her frankness that helped to overcome the problems until they took on a protracted form and draw the attention of loved ones to themselves, get their help and support.

2. Andrey Krasko

The theater and film actor managed to get treatment in a psychiatric clinic when he was still a student at the theater institute. He was very upset with his wife, who left him for his classmate Igor Sklyar and turned to a psychiatrist for help, realizing that he could not cope on his own. He was diagnosed with manic psychosis.

He received extensive treatment, ranging from medications to the then popular hypnosis, moreover, when he was discharged, he managed to forge a certificate that allowed him to no longer visit some unloved subjects. For example, political economy and party history. He never advertised this story, but he also did not make a secret out of it, for him it was part of his life experience.

3. Halle Berry

Holly's mental problems began after marriage and the birth of a child. It would seem that the happiest period in her life became a real test for her, and very soon their marriage to actor Olivier Martinez broke up, only exacerbating her plight. Suicidal thoughts were in her head, and she even tried to carry them out by closing herself in the garage and starting the car engine.

The names of this stressful situation helped her to stop thinking about the negative, she imagined how upset her mother would be, who put so much effort into her and realized that she could not bring her such suffering. Suicidal ideation still haunts her, but she learned to live with it and is periodically observed by specialists.

4. Victor Sukhorukov

The actor has a very bright appearance, but the type is such that he constantly gets the role of scoundrels. And very cunning, unprincipled and smart. Sukhorukov claims that the desire to drink began to haunt him during the filming of the film "About Freaks and People."The character he embodied was very difficult for him, because even for an accustomed actor he was a rare bastard. First, he drank at home, then at work, pouring alcohol into a kefir bottle.

He came to himself already in the clinic, the treatment was long and difficult, the doctors diagnosed him with "metal-alcoholic psychosis", and in the common people "delirium tremens". Since then, Sukhorukov has not been drinking for almost the second dozen in a row. This episode in his life became a turning point, forcing him to give up his addiction.

5. Mel Gibson

His takeoff was dizzying, two Oscar nominations at once, the image of a tough guy, millions of fans - all this instantly turned his life upside down. His popularity grew, and the image of the "savior of the world" only played to his advantage. But around the same time, they began to detain him for drunk driving, and then were charged with domestic violence at all - this simply overwhelmed the patience of fans who no longer saw him as a good guy.

This actually forced Mel Gibson to admit that he suffers from bipolar disorder, a special mental disorder in which a manic state is replaced by depression. Simply put, a person is obsessed with something - alcohol, shopping, games, after the active phase comes a protracted depressive phase, with remorse for the manic phase. It was with this that he explained his irrepressible craving for alcohol. After receiving treatment, Mel Gibson seems to have managed to regain his reputation, besides, they even began to treat him with great trepidation, a sick person!

6. Irina Dubtsova

About 10 years ago, the singer ended up in a psychiatric clinic after problems in her personal life. At that time, Irina met with businessman Tigran, who could not dot all the i's in relations with his ex-wife. The offended woman did not want to give in and in every possible way pestered the lovers.

Irina, a creative nature, but persistent and principled, turned out to be broken, she was admitted to the clinic with a diagnosis of neurosis. After treatment, mental problems remained in the past, however, like Tigran himself.

7. Jean-Claude Van Damme

The hero of the militants also admitted that he has a "bipolar", but his aggression and rage are expressed in sports, and for a very long time. He claims that for a long time he felt that rage was replaced by a feeling of depression, but he considered it rather the norm and believed that everyone, without exception, experienced something similar. After he passed the examination and found the root of the problem, it became much easier for him to live and the point is not only that he received the help of a specialist, but also that he realized that this was not the norm.

8. Lolita Milyavskaya

The eccentric singer has never really hidden her problems, both psychological and alcohol addiction. This is how she is real - she suffers when she is abandoned, deceived or used. She does not hesitate to talk about her failures in her personal life and how she drowned grief in alcohol or seized it.

For the first time, she turned to the clinic 20 years ago, when she divorced Alexander Tsekalo. Since then, she has been periodically observed by specialists, although it is recognized that now she is more often brought to the clinic by overwork, and not by love experiences.

9. Princess Diana

Everyone's beloved Princess Diana, perhaps, always bribed with her sincerity, she also spoke openly about her problems with eating behavior - she had bulimia, which worsened against the background of worries during the preparation for the wedding. No wonder, because the attention of the whole world was riveted to her.

She successfully hid her problem, but after problems in her personal life, depression was added to her, but still Diana found in herself the resources to be open and help other people, and not dwell on her own problems, as is often the case in most cases.

10. Dima Bilan

The singer ended up in the clinic where Lolita Milyavskaya is being treated for inpatient treatment, after the death of his first producer Yuri Aizenshpis. Then Bilan broke the contract with the production center of Aizenshpis, which incurred the wrath of his colleagues in the workshop, who accused him of betrayal, and even in a difficult period. Bilan was very worried about this time and the accusations against him, so he decided to contact the specialists on his own. After he signed a contract with Yana Rudkovskaya, the attacks against him stopped, and Dima began to look at many things differently.

11. Britney Spears

Britney managed to demonstrate to the whole world her psychological problems, and the apotheosis of her illness was a shaved head, after which she began to be treated, and her father was determined as her guardian. During the same period, she tried to commit suicide.

Britney overlapped several diagnoses at once - bipolar disorder, postpartum depression, and plus self-medication, which she was engaged in trying to hide the existing problem. In addition, her early popularity and unsuccessful marriage did not contribute to her psychological health in any way. Now Britney has already returned to normal life, but the echoes of previous problems periodically make themselves felt.

12. Viktor Tsoi

The leader of the Kino group spent a month and a half in a psychiatric clinic in St. Petersburg, he was diagnosed with manic-depressive psychosis. There he also worked on the song "Tranquilizer".

But Tsoi's close people assured that the singer's stay in the clinic was not connected with his illness, but with a desire not to get into the army. Firstly, he could not leave the group for two years and repay his debt to the Motherland. Secondly, at that time the Afghan war was in full swing, and he, with his oriental appearance, would have been prepared for a ticket in that direction.

13. Angelina Jolly

The first beauty in Hollywood has a very delicate mental organization. She repeatedly spoke about this in an interview, the first psychological problems began in the girl after the divorce of her parents. In her youth, she was addicted to drugs and cut herself.

After the death of her mother, the problems again made themselves felt, but Jolly, knowing about her tendency to depression and other concomitant diseases, regularly turns to specialists for help and does not neglect their recommendations.

14. Oksimiron

The rapper, whose popularity is now on the rise, has never hidden that he has problems with mental health. He even has the song "Bipolar" and it was from bipolar disorder that he was treated at one time.

He emphasizes that the problems of a depressive nature began in his adolescence, he even had a confirmed diagnosis of depression, but he was never treated, so his condition worsened to bipolar disorder.

15. Jim Carrey

The sad comedian suffered from depression for a long time and tried to drown it with pills. The situation reached the point of absurdity - all the shooting day he was having fun and fooling around in front of the cameras, and at night, at home, he swallowed pills to survive until morning. It seems that he played about the same situation in the film "The Mask."

16. Natalia Nazarova

The once famous and sought-after Soviet actress, who played in comedies, is now struggling with schizophrenia alone. During the period of her demand and success, then she starred with Mikhalkov and Todorovsky, an unknown person attacked her and hit her on the head, despite the fact that the girl survived, she began to develop schizophrenia.

Colleagues were the first to sound the alarm, who began to notice that Natalya became suspicious, was afraid of the stage and behaved inappropriately. Now the former theater and film actress lives out her life alone on the outskirts of the capital, being registered with a psychiatrist for life.

17. Orlando Bloom

The actor, who won universal love for his role in The Lord of the Rings, has been struggling since childhood with dyslexia - a violation of the ability to learn reading and writing skills. At the same time, this disease has nothing to do with mental abilities and does not affect the ability to learn in general. Despite the fact that now it has become easier to deal with this feature, from time to time he experiences problems when he needs to quickly learn the edits in the script and play them, he feels worse than his colleagues in the workshop.

18. Vlad Topalov

Once the audience's favorite, handsome and heartthrob, for some time disappeared from the stage. It turned out that he was being treated for depression and drug addiction. Apparently, as often happens, his psyche did not cope with the great demand and seeming permissiveness.

Now Topalov has completely recovered and is a supporter of not only a healthy lifestyle, but also a regular visit to a psychotherapist.

Most famous people have to experience great psychological stress and any stressful situation can cause disturbances in this area. Not everyone finds the strength to publicize the problem and heal, actor Sergei Nazarov managed to cope with depression after his wife left and return to life.