People suffering from occ. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in famous people. Vlad Topalov, depression on the background of drug addiction

More than forty million Americans suffer from some type of anxiety disorder - living a normal happy life for such a person can be a very difficult task. Now imagine those who suffer from constant anxiety and at the same time are a celebrity. Celebrities do not live like ordinary people - they are everywhere in the spotlight: when they work, go shopping or walk their children to school, all eyes are on them. They are under constant surveillance, and all their actions are filmed on camera.

The presence of anxiety neurosis exacerbates the inconvenience of such situations. Many celebrities understand that it is useless to try to hide their frustration, so they openly talk about it.

1. Fred Durst

Fred Durst is the frontman for the nu metal band Limp Bizkit. The group has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and has sold over 40 million records worldwide. Fred talks about himself:

“There is something dangerous about me that comes out when I'm nervous. I don't know why this is happening. I would like to get over it because it worries me.”

Fred is also known to be particularly sensitive to stimulants like caffeine:

I can't even drink a can of cola lite - anything with caffeine makes me anxious, including chocolate."

2. David Beckham

David Beckham is a very popular English football star, he has won the title of the best player in the FIFA competition twice. In 2004, David was the highest paid football player in the sport. In a television interview in the UK, David admitted that he suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. He said that before he could stay in the hotel room, he needed to put all the books and flyers in the drawer.

“I remove everything that needs to be removed. For example, I always put Pepsi cans in the refrigerator, and if there is no room, I put them in the closet.

3. Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger is an American actress, singer, and former model. She has starred in dozens of films and won a Golden Globe and an Oscar. But before she was 20, before she became a celebrity, Kim experienced her first panic attack at the grocery store.

Kim spoke about her social anxiety and panic attacks on an HBO program. After her first panic attack at the grocery store, she said, she went home and didn't leave the house for six months.

“Fear has been a part of my whole life - the fear of being in public places. This has always led to anxiety or panic. I stayed in my house and cried literally every day.”

4. Emma Stone

Emma Stone is an American actress who made her debut in Super Peppers in 2007, has since starred in several other Hollywood blockbusters, and in 2010 won a Golden Globe for Best Actress. Emma said she had panic attacks when she was eight years old.

“I was like immobilized. I didn't want to go to my friend's house or go out with someone."

Emma says she still experiences panic attacks from time to time, but has learned to channel her feelings into work.

5. Kate Moss

Kate Moss is an English model and actress. She became a famous model in the early 1990s, and in 2007, Time magazine named Kate one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Many people consider Kate an icon of British fashion. In 1992, she modeled for a Calvin Klein lingerie campaign when she experienced anxiety for the first time. Kate said she had a nervous breakdown while filming.

"I couldn't get out of bed for two weeks and thought I was going to die."

6. Woody Allen

Woody Allen is a famous American actor, screenwriter and director. In the early 1960s, Woody began his career as a comedian, and according to Comedy Central, Woody is ranked fourth on their list of the 100 Greatest Comedians of All Time. Woody's Hollywood career spans over five decades and continues to this day.

Woody often experiences anxiety at the sight of Jewish symbols and draws inspiration from his real life and struggles with anxiety. Woody said that he makes films to take his mind off anxiety and depression.

“All my life I have been constantly struggling with all kinds of depression, fear and anxiety. I make films because if I don't make them, I won't have anything to distract me."

7. Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is an American actor and producer. He is one of the most famous Hollywood stars in the world, because Johnny starred in dozens of blockbusters. His many achievements include a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Actor.

Johnny's anxiety is very well known, as he has spoken about it many times in interviews. Johnny suffers from social anxiety disorder and coulrophobia, the fear of clowns.

"Those painted faces, fake smiles, always seem to stare at me from the dark."

You can go on for a long time. In addition, the idea seems to have finally matured in society that diseases of the soul are no less serious, but no more shameful, than physical ones.

Among Russian famous people, on the contrary, it is not customary to speak frankly about their problems “with their heads”. However, this does not mean that domestic stars are less likely to become patients in psychiatric hospitals.

So, before you is a story about 10 domestic celebrities who, at different times and for various reasons, resorted to the professional help of psychiatrists.

Andrey Krasko, manic psychosis

Then began long conversations with doctors, taking potent drugs and hypnosis sessions. However, the actor managed not only to recover, but also to benefit by forging “liberation” from unloved subjects at the university on the letterhead of the clinic. A fictitious certificate allowed him to no longer attend political economy and party history - remnants of the Soviet regime.

Victor Sukhorukov, metal-alcohol psychosis

Viktor Sukhorukov himself explains his stay in the Bekhterev clinic with an emotionally difficult role in the film “About Freaks and People”: the actor’s character was a rare scoundrel, the game was extremely difficult.

The actor began to drink first at home, and then at work, pouring alcohol into a bottle labeled "Kefir". Finding himself in a "psychiatric hospital", Sukhorukov returned to normal for a long time. However, it was at that moment that the actor made a promise to himself to give up alcohol forever. Viktor Sukhorukov has been leading a sober lifestyle for almost 20 years.

Irina Dubtsova, neurosis

The man did not manage to put an end to the divorce proceedings. Irina constantly received threatening calls. Unable to withstand the psychological onslaught of her rival, the singer went to the hospital to put her nerves in order. Today Dubtsova feels well: the neurosis, as well as the failed romance with Tigran, are far behind.

Vasily Stepanov, manic depression

In 2017, Vasily Stepanov fell out of the window of his house twice. Ultimately, Moscow psychiatrists diagnosed him with schizophrenia and began to insist on his hospitalization in a clinic for the mentally ill. However, the actor's mother said that she would cure her son at home, and took it against a subscription. The actor himself, by the way, considers himself healthy, and his falls are accidents.

Lolita Milyavskaya, depression

Now Lolita regularly turns to Kashchenko's specialists. “Terrible overwork brings me to the hospital,” the singer explains.

Dima Bilan, nervous breakdown

Many of Bilan's colleagues sharply condemned this behavior, openly calling the singer a traitor. According to friends, Dima was very worried about this situation and decided to voluntarily “surrender” to the doctors. Yana Rudkovskaya helped the singer finally restore his mental health.

Viktor Tsoi, manic-depressive psychosis

Viktor Tsoi - "Tranquilizer"

However, according to the musician's friends, the diagnosis was fictitious. Tsoi was just trying to "mow down" from the army. By the time the summons was received, the musician was already quite famous and simply could not leave his group for two long years.

In addition, then there was an opinion that conscripts with an oriental appearance had a higher chance of getting into Afghanistan, where there was a war at that time.

Sergey Zhigunov, depression

However, a long-term marriage was not so easy to destroy: Zhigunov began to be tormented by pressure surges, the actor was constantly in an oppressed, depressed state. In the hospital. Vishnevsky Zhigunov underwent a rehabilitation course, including massages, baths and supportive therapy sessions.

It is interesting that the mirror situation - a break with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and a return to the bosom of the family - the actor passed without the help of doctors and harm to mental health. The editors of the site notes that for Zavorotnyuk, the role of Vika's nanny has so far remained the most stellar.

Natalya Nazarova, schizophrenia

Alas, now the once popular actress is fighting the disease without any support - she was fired from the theater, no one has been offering film roles for a long time. Today, Natalya Nazarova lives alone in her apartment on the outskirts of the capital.

Vlad Topalov, depression on the background of drug addiction

Vlad underwent a full course of rehabilitation in one of the private psychiatric dispensaries and completely “tied up” with psychotropic substances. “I realized that it’s much cooler to talk about it absolutely sincerely, honestly, and be proud that everything is in the past,” the singer is sure.

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In society, mental disorders are still considered a sign of social and physical inferiority. The cult of happiness and well-being exacerbates the problem even more: asking for help means admitting that you are a failure. However, mental disorders do not at all speak of insolvency. An example of this is the many successful and famous people who openly admitted their illness. We will talk about them in our material.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, bipolar disorder

In 2013, Michael Douglas, Katherine's husband, confirmed rumors of his intention to divorce the actress: "I can't take the global depression anymore because of Katherine's illness." Zeta-Jones has been treated for two years for bipolar personality disorder - a disease in which affective states (emotional ups and downs) alternate with causeless energy declines, melancholy and depression. Fortunately, the couple managed to overcome the crisis of relations.

“Bipolar disorder is a disease that has been found in millions of people, and I am just one of them. If my public admission of this diagnosis has inspired even one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer in silence: there is nothing to be ashamed of asking for help, ”said the actress.

Sinead O'Connor, bipolar disorder

In November 2015, the singer, who has long suffered from manic-depressive psychosis, attempted suicide. It was possible to save Shinnaid thanks to a Facebook post she left the day before: “No one supported me. I feel like I've died a million times in pain. My family doesn't appreciate me at all. They wouldn't know for weeks that I was dead, so I'm reporting it now."

While the singer is under the supervision of doctors. Previously, she had repeatedly been hospitalized due to her diagnosis. O'Connor's relatives asked the Facebook administration to temporarily block her account in order to avoid increased attention and rumors.

A few days ago, the singer again asked for help. Sinead O'Connor posted on her Facebook page an emotional video message about mentally ill people, loneliness and thoughts of suicide, which excited her colleagues and fans.

The singer claims that she lives alone in a motel in New Jersey, and in her life there is no one but a psychotherapist. She regularly has thoughts of suicide.

This is not life, says O "Connor. She adds that she lives only for the sake of her son. Recall that two years ago she was deprived of custody of a 13-year-old boy.

I'm not alive for myself. If it was for me, I would have gone to my mother a long time ago! Because I've been walking the earth all alone for two years now, like I've been punished for this damn mental disorder. And I'm just mad that no one cares about me. Mostly because of my suicidality.

Charlize Theron, obsessive-compulsive disorder

The diagnosis of a Hollywood beauty is better known to society under the name "obsessive-compulsive disorder." The actress does not hide the problems, stating: “I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and this is not fun! I always have to be incredibly disciplined and organized, otherwise it starts to affect my brain.”

Barbara Streisand, fear of public speaking

It is difficult to imagine that a person whose life is built on publicity is afraid to speak in front of the audience. However, this disorder once put Barbara Streisand's career in jeopardy.

Failure in my personal life and poverty even caused suicidal thoughts, but a small child and creativity helped maintain the will to live: “I stopped pretending to myself that I was some other than I really was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only job that meant anything to me. I got free because my biggest fear came true and I was still alive, I still had a daughter that I adored, I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so the stone bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

halle berry depression

At 23, Halle Berry was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This disease requires a careful attitude to one's health, strict adherence to diets and regular injections of insulin. Was it easy for a successful model and actress to overcome their habits? Alas, for this, Holly had to endure 3 diabetic coma.

Gwyneth Paltrow postpartum depression

The actress faced depression after giving birth to her first child in 2004. Later, in an interview for Vogue, she admits: “I expected to feel a wave of tenderness and euphoria. Instead, I faced one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life. For about five months I, as I see it now, in retrospect, suffered from.”

As it turned out, this condition is not always accompanied by tears or a refusal to take care of the newborn. Gwyneth says that she performed all the duties of a young mother, but did not feel anything, "was like a zombie." Fortunately, ex-husband Chris Martin helped Paltrow restore peace of mind, and two years later the couple got another baby.

Stephen Fry, bipolar disorder

The witty and outrageous English writer and actor also lives with bipolar disorder, as he made the documentary Mad Depression with Stephen Fry (2006). He also spoke without hesitation in an interview about how in 2012 he tried to commit suicide by drinking a large number of sleeping pills with vodka.

“I am a victim of my own mood, and I am much more subject to its swings than most people. So sometimes I have to take pills. If I don’t do this, I either become too depressed, or, conversely, too overexcited,” says Fry, and his words perfectly describe the symptoms of the disease.

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Want to learn more about bipolar disorder? Watch Fry's film. In 2007 it received an Emmy Award for Best Documentary of the Year.

Anxiety is a completely normal reaction of the body to unexpected and sometimes not the most pleasant events in life. To be honest, many of us are so nervous about an upcoming exam or an important interview that we lose sleep and appetite. But it also happens that anxiety develops into panic, and such attacks begin to recur regularly and often even for no reason. Panic attacks, as a rule, do not want to talk openly because of the fear of hearing the skeptical “stop thinking”. But many stars, faced with this disorder, on the contrary, speak about it publicly. the site has collected stories of famous people who did not hesitate to tell the public about their problems.

Attacks of pronounced anxiety are an underestimated by many, but no less common problem. Panic attacks are usually unpredictable and the symptoms (dizziness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, and fear) cannot be controlled at all. Many are afraid of accusations of hypochondria, so they prefer not to talk about their condition. Celebes, on the other hand, are not used to being silent, and this is the very case when everything is for the best: by their example, they show that it is impossible to dismiss health problems (even such, at first glance, insignificant ones).

We decided not to limit ourselves to just listing stellar cases and turned to Vadim Musnikov, psychotherapist at the Atlas Medical Center to find out what to do in case of a panic attack in order to alleviate your condition.

Panic attack as a mental disorder

Panic disorder is an extremely complex mental reaction that is difficult to explain, because it is not always clear what actually caused the disease. A panic attack begins unexpectedly, with an uncontrollable sense of anxiety, and is characterized by increased autonomic activity: tachycardia, increased release of cortisol and fear of impending death and loss of control over oneself. You can talk about a mental disorder if panic attacks occur once a month or more often.

Absolutely any and sometimes almost imperceptible events or situations can serve as a trigger for the development of a panic state in an adult.

How to deal with panic attacks?

The most important thing to get out of a panic state is to find an interlocutor who can listen carefully and sympathetically and understand. In this situation, such a person is, as it were, an “external container” for increasing anxiety. In the presence of an understanding and caring listener, panic can be reduced or stopped altogether. If the listener is withdrawn, irritable, or personifies anxiety himself, fear will reach its highest point.

• Think about what triggered the panic attack. The deeper you work through this problem, the less likely it is that a panic attack will happen again.
• Focus on your breath. You can’t follow the body’s lead and breathe often: this will only aggravate the condition. Start breathing deeply and slowly, while exhaling should last three to four times longer than inhalation.
• Don't move, don't run, don't try to hide somewhere. Stay where you are, sit or lie down. Extra movements will only support the general excitement.
• If there is someone you know next to you, talk to him, tell him that something is bothering you, ask him to just listen. If no one is around and there is no way to call someone, just say everything out loud and imagine that you are talking to a person you trust
• If you can’t figure out the reasons for the attack on your own and because of this you start to panic even more, try switching your attention: count the tables in the office, the trees on the street, remember the poem you learned at school, etc.

If you or your loved ones experience panic attacks on a regular basis, you need to see a psychotherapist. Only he will help to understand the causes of this disorder and, if necessary, prescribe a treatment that will save you from these unpleasant regular "attacks" from a quiet life.