As far as famous people with mental illness I always think of Catherine Zeta Jones. She is beautiful and has it all- yet she has bipolar and I think her story was a huge eye opener to the public. Especially when she went IP for a "tune up". I was just telling my mom yesterday how I wished I had the money to be able to do that. I would love nothing more than to go away and get IP help for a month and not have to worry about the money.

Somehow it does make it better for me to know that these rich and famous people are laying on their couches unable to move and bogged down by the same thoughts I have. I don't mean that in a mean way- it just helps with the stigma of mental illness I think. I don't want to be on the cover of People talking about bipolar, but I would love to put it as my status on facebook and open up a discussion about it.