Comments on: Depressed? 135 Famous People Who Struggled With Depression

By: t m white

t m white — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:12:54 +0000

dont forget mary todd

By: bootsie

bootsie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:14:29 +0000

Beethoven

By: alicia

alicia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:12:10 +0000

They say 135 and then they show 50. That’s a bit odd!

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:16:41 +0000

MONALISA, until you get a clue as to what depression is about, don’t make absurd blanket comments acting like you know what you are talking about. Some people do feel sorry for themselves which is a problem, but depression can involve so much more than that.

By: S

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:54:12 +0000

also me !!

By: sandy

sandy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:37:31 +0000

I was reading in search of hope, I suffer from depression from time to time and what bothers me the most is the lack of energy, so many responsabilities and so little energy. how do you manage that?
I am single mom, and no family support

any ideas or advise will be appreciated

By: Senip

Senip — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:16:02 +0000

DontRewardSelfishness, you penis, this list isnt about the world greats, its a list of people who suffered from depression

MONLISA, educate yourself before making stupid comments like that. Well said KAY.

By: Trying

Trying — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:40:13 +0000

Thanks for all the comments. I have been feeling pretty down for a while and I’m not really sure what it is. Depression runs in my family so I’m a little scared. But reading this, not that much the pictures, made me feel a little better.

By: Stew

Stew — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:32:49 +0000

It would have been uninteresting to have featured 135 average joes who struggled with depression but the fact remains that depression is no respecter of persons – rich, poor, politically high or low, socially high or low, sane or manic, low or high achievers, etc. That means we walk by them everyday, we talk to them everyday, we see them on all media; the person next to you could be depress. The speed of modern living causes an overload that some just can handle. It doesn’t help that there are personality types immuned to depression who are also crass & inhumane.

By: ingham

ingham — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:20:34 +0000

It makes me incredibly sad to see people classifying other human beings as “monsters” or “bad people”, even if their acts appeared horrible.

These people were born the same as everyone else. The question I ask is: how could our society let them feel so isolated, so marginalised, so hateful, that they decided to do these things?

By being judgmental, by only seeing what’s on the surface, we are only adding to the hurt and anger experienced by people who are truly depressed.

One cure for depression, that many don’t recognise the value of, is love. Compassion, understanding, and faith in others. It’s simple, and everyone can give it. We all have a duty to prevent others from being depressed, because one day you might find yourself in that position, and you’ll be crying for help.

Best wishes to you all.