24 Celebrities Reveal How They Deal With Depression And Mental Health

“'I was skeptical at first because I’d never had therapy, but not being able to leave the house [because of panic attacks] was so debilitating. And this was when my career was really taking off... My surroundings would trigger a panic attack, so I couldn’t go to the studio unless I was lying down in…”

— Ellie Goulding, marieclaire.co.uk

“I was sitting in my car, and I knew the gas was coming when I had an image of my mother finding me. She sacrificed so much for her children, and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do. My sense of worth was so low. I had to reprogram myself to see the good in me. Because someone d…”

— Halle Berry, marieclaire.co.uk

“I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything's just okay. You need to get out of bed every day and say that life is good. That's what I did, altho…”

— Jim Carrey, marieclaire.co.uk

“I was hiding out from the celebrity thing. I was smoking way too much dope. I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut, and I really got irritated with myself. I got to, ‘What's the point? I know better than this.’ I used to deal with depression, but I don't now, not this decade – m…”

— Brad Pitt, marieclaire.co.uk

“[My eating disorder and self harming] was a way of expressing my own shame, of myself, on my own body. I was matching the inside to the outside. There were some times where my emotions were just so built up, I didn't know what to do. The only way that I could get instant gratification was through an…”

— Demi Lovato, marieclaire.co.uk

“[My fans] know that I’ve struggled with depression, and that helped them get over theirs. That gives me a big purpose - a reason to wake up in the morning that’s bigger than to put on my f** king feathers and my little outfits.’”

— Miley Cyrus, marieclaire.co.uk

“Depression doesn’t care who it attacks; if it wants you, you cannot beat it off with a CV or a bank balance.”

— Marcus Trescothick, time-to-change.org.uk

“I’ve suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life, I still suffer with it every single day. I just want these kids to know that that depth that they feel as human beings is normal,’ she told Billboard. ‘We were born that way. This modern thing, where everyone is feeling shallow and less co…”

— Lady GaGa, teenvogue.com

“My advice would be talk to people about it. Don't feel alone in it. Treat your body as if you are another person that you need to take care of and heal.”

— Felicia Day, forbes.com

“I was constantly anxious. I was kind of a control freak. If I didn't know how something was going to turn out, I would make myself ill, or just be locked up or inhibited in a way that was really debilitating.”

— Kristen Stewart, marieclaire.com

“We have to develop a culture of open arms and acceptance so that they feel comfortable saying, 'I'm a veteran. And by the way, I need a little help.'”

— Michelle Obama, glamour.com

“It's something that's completely uncontrollable. It's really painful and it's really scary and women need a lot of support.”

— Hayden Panettiere, buzzfeed.com

“To those struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression: I know it's mad annoying when people tell you to exercise, and it took me about 16 medicated years to listen. I'm I glad I did. It ain't about the ass it's about the brain.”

— Lena Dunham, instagram.com

“We feel any of the negative emotions or that dark cloud settle on you, and you feel like you need to cry out or speak to someone about it, and 'Nope I'm not gonna do that, because I'm a man.”

— Wayne Brady, people.com

“People use 'panic attack' very casually out here in Los Angeles, but I don't think most of them really know what it is. Every breath is labored. You are dying. You are going to die. It's terrifying. and then when the attack is over the depression is still there.”

— Sarah Silverman, glamour.com

“There's no shame in dealing with these things. There's no shame in having to fight every day.”

— Jared Padalecki, variety.com

“Not talking about mental health issues means that the toxic stigma that is still out there will continue to keep people from asking for help, from getting the treatment they need and from helping people to understand that a mental illness is a chronic disease, like any other chronic disease. You are…”

— Glenn Close, buzzfeed.com

“On the other side of your pain is something good.”

— Dwayne Johnson, youtube.com

“I'm struggling just to get through the days. I think a lot of people are.”

— Justin Bieber, buzzfeed.com

“It doesn't have to take over your life, it doesn't have to define you as a person, it's just important that you ask for help. It's not a sign of weakness.”

— Demi Lovato, buzzfeed.com

“I thought that I was completely alone. I wanted the world to swallow me up, and nothing seemed better to me than death.”

— Cara Delevingne, buzzfeed.com

“My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don't know why I wouldn't seek help to have those things be as healthy as me teeth. I go to the dentist. So why wouldn't I go to a strink?”

— Kerry Washington, glamour.com

“The most common reaction is, 'How can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. You are the supposed number one heroine and have a plush home, car movies...What else do you want? It's not about what you have or don't have.”

— Deepika Padukone, hindustantimes.com

“The first time I had a panic attack I was sitting in my friend's house, and I thought the house was burning dow. I called my mom and she brought me home and for the next three years it just would not stop.”

— Emma Stone, wsj.com