isis666xxx wrote:shes rich, famous, beautiful & hot, has sexual freedom & fun
and yet she had severe depression
according to this article
https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/emily-willis ... ice-169854According to court documents, Willis entered Summit Malibu after suffering from numerous psychological issues, including major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and PTSD. These conditions were compounded by the intensive drug use, which left her battling side effects such as urinary incontinence and debilitating night terrors.
25 year old girl, hot, rich, famous have severe depression
damn
well i suppose it just goes to show that human beings are always far more than the sum total of their insta posts
and in a perverse way, it may have been an extra aggravating factor in Emily developing the problem she has that she felt she was trying to live two totally incompatible lives, the online 'persona' (as you have described it - 'hashtag: beautiful, rich, successful') and the private person filled with anxieties, self-doubt, frustration, anger and all the other hugely debilitating and life-undermining symptoms that come with the ilness.
that she was suffering privately as she was, yet obliged (in order to secure her income) to get into character to play an online role as a 'hashtag: beautiful, rich, successful' person for so much of her life. that's an extra burden that people who are not in the public eye don't have to deal with when coming to terms with the fact they have depression, and i think that's why so many people under constant public scrutiny - film stars, pop stars, sports stars - perhaps leave it until things are *really bad* before they say anything or reach out for help
i feel very sorry for Emily indeed and wish her every success with making a full recovery from this illness, and with her building a post-depression life for herself that will fulfil her as she wants and needs to be fulfilled, and be sustainable, so that this crisis may be a once-only bump in the road to greater things.
davebowman wrote:It's clear you have no real concept of what depression is, or how it works. You can be a young, fit, successful millionaire and still suffer from depression. When you have clinical depression, no amount of money or luxury brings you happiness - it's like the chemicals in your brain that usually fire up and reward you with a feeling of pleasure just don't work. Everything seems completely pointless - like living in a permanent state of post-nut clarity/blues.
It's more useful to think of depression as not about being 'sad', but being completely unable to find pleasure in anything.
jjwhite1985 wrote:Yes, it's an illness like any other. You may as well ask how someone rich and attractive can get the flu.
good comments (speaking as someone who has had personal experience of severe depression)