Here’s How To Responsibly Talk About Mental Health In The Public Eye

“I was touring without stage fright for the first time,” she told Rolling Stone in May 2025. While everyone was trying to make the best of socially distancing to slow the coronavirus pandemic, the “Firework” artist got real about how situations like this can also be extremely stressful. “At least for me, I feel like I should be strong enough to overcome that and then it feels so weak.” “It’s very difficult to speak out about it, even to your most trusted people,” she shared on her Candace Cameron Bure Podcast.

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I couldn’t connect.” She dealt with clinical depression, too, after her father died in 2002. This Academy Award-winning actress shined a light on postpartum depression when she opened up about her 5-month battle after the birth of her second child, Moses. The actress, known for voicing the character of Anna in the movie Frozen, says she’s had depression since she was in college.

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• Snow, who was bullied in high school, also partnered with The Jed Foundation and MTV in 2010 to launch the Love is Louder project, which is dedicated to amplifying supportive messages and actions in the face of “negative noise.”
• British royal Prince Harry has talked publicly about the effects of losing his mother, Princess Diana, and navigating grief and trauma in the public eye.
• Last March, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sat down with Oprah Winfrey and shared her issues with her mental health.
• However, she has become increasingly open about the mental health struggles she has faced as a result.
• “I had never had depression in my life.
• Many celebrities with bipolar disorder have spoken about relationship struggles.

The movie star you know as the Marvel character Deadpool (and Blake Lively’s husband) recently told the New York Times that he deals with bouts of anxiety. For so many male celebrities, traditional masculinity is the most valuable currency they possess. No one thinks negatively about people having high blood pressure and diabetes, and it should be the same.” Dr. Calhoun’s study points out that Princess Diana’s admission decades ago that she had experienced bulimia doubled the number of women seeking treatment for the condition. It can be a very big risk for young people to share their thoughts on-line.” A 2018 study published by the National Institutes of Health surveyed more than one million social posts.

As the stigma around mental health keeps improving, Cerebral aims to make mental health care accessible for everyone. He learned later that anxiety had been deeply affecting him for nearly his entire life. Because on the one hand, you are now being introduced to things like self-awareness and anxiety. In real life, Levy has lived with debilitating anxiety since childhood. We can talk about every illness that we have, colon cancer, or getting myectomies, but when it comes to our mental health, it’s taboo. The foundation aims to bring much-needed mental health support to urban schools, reduce the recidivism rate in prisons, and increase the number of Black therapists in the field.

Shawn Mendes has been open about his struggles with anxiety and fears related to his career and public image. Prince Harry has become a prominent advocate for mental health awareness and therapy. Reynolds’ willingness to discuss his mental health challenges has helped break down stigmas surrounding masculinity and emotional vulnerability. In interviews and public appearances, Reynolds has described how anxiety has affected his work and personal life.