[CastlesInTheAir]

Just stumbled on this show. Rick Springfield popular rock musician talks about his struggle with depression since childhood. Has a book....wow....


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[TerryL]

Bruce Springsteen, Rachel Maddow and Kristin Chenoweth struggle with depression too. who knew...

[CastlesInTheAir]

I just did not expect to see that, you usually only hear about celebs struggle with addiction. I was in awe and didnt feel so alone in that moment.....

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[Rachel.i]

Originally Posted by triciadrich

Just stumbled on this show. Rick Springfield popular rock musician talks about his struggle with depression since childhood. Has a book....wow....

Thanks for this. I ordered the book yesterday.

[Rachel.i]

According to Wikipedia, these are some of the of well-known people who have, or have had, major depressive disorder.

A
• Caroline Aherne, British comedian[1]
• Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, the second man to set foot on the moon[2]
• Woody Allen, American film director[3][4]
• Claus von Amsberg, German diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands[5]
• Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer[6]
• Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator and film director[7]
• Malcolm Arnold, British composer[8]
• Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter[9][10]
B
• Alec Baldwin, American actor[11]
• David Banner, American hip hop artist[12][13]
• Parveen Babi, Bollywood actress.[14]
• Christian Bale, British actor[15]
• Maria Bamford, Comedienne and voice-over actress[16][17]
• Charles Baudelaire, French poet[18]
• Amanda Beard, American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist [19]
• Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director[20]
• Halle Berry, American actress.[21]
• William Blake, British poet and painter[22]
• David Bohm, British quantum physicist[23]
• Jon Bon Jovi, American rock singer and songwriter[24][25]
• Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician and former Prime Minister of Norway[26]
• Terry Bradshaw, American football player,[27] Football Analyst, Sports Anchor
• Frank Bruno, British boxer[28]
• Art Buchwald, humorist[29]
• Joe Budden, American hip hop artist[30]
• Delta Burke, American actress[31]
• David Burton-Richardson, British Artist
• Robert Burton British academic, (author of The Anatomy of Melancholy)[32]
• Anthony Callea, Australian pop singer[33]
• Anna-Varney Cantodea, musician.[34]
• Drew Carey, American comedian and actor[35]
• Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian[36]
• Johnny Carson, American television presenter.[37]
• D*ck Cavett, American talk show host[38]
• Melanie Chisholm, English pop singer-songwriter[39]
• Jeb Corliss, American professional skydiver and BASE jumper[40]
• Courteney Cox, American actress[41]
• Raymond Chandler, writer of detective fiction[42]
• Iris Chang, Chinese American writer and historian[43]
• David Chase, American television writer, television director and television producer
• Lawton Chiles, American politician[26]
• Agatha Christie, English crime writer[44]
• Kurt Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana[45]
• Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister[46]
• Catherine Cookson, English author[47]
• Leonard Cohen, Canadian songwriter[48]
• Stan Collymore, British footballer[49]
• Joseph Conrad, Polish writer[50]
• Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States.[51]
• Billy Corgan, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)[52]
• Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter[53]
• Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer)[54]
• Ian Curtis, British musician, leader of Joy Division[55]
D
• Roméo Dallaire, Canadian general, senator and humanitarian[56]
• Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor[57]
• Edgar Degas, French painter[58]
• John Denver, American musician[59]
• Diana, Princess of Wales[60]
• Charles Dickens, British writer[22]
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian writer[61]
• Nick Drake, British musician[62]
• Doug Duncan, American politician, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland in the 2006 elections[26]
• Kirsten Dunst, American-German actress[63]
E
• Thomas Eagleton, American senator[64]
• T. S. Eliot, British poet[65]
• James Ellroy, American crime writer[66]
• Eminem, American rapper[67]
• Robert Enke, German Football Player[68]
• Richey Edwards, guitarist and lyricist (Manic Street Preachers)[69]
F
• William Faulkner, American author[70]
• Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher of science[71]
• Harrison Ford, American actor[72]
• Michel Foucault, French philosopher[73]
• John Frusciante, American musician[74]
• Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American talk show host[75]
• Lupe Fiasco, American rapper[76]
G
• Geoff Gallop, Australian politician[77]
• Romain Gary, French-Lithuanian-Polish novelist and diplomat[78]
• Paul Gauguin, French painter[79]
• Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer, after murdering his wife, her lover, and his own son[80]
• Paul Getty, British philanthropist[81]
• Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter[82]
• Spalding Gray, American actor and writer[83]
• Graham Greene, British writer[84]
• Zack Greinke, American MLB pitcher[85]
• Eddie Griffin, American NBA Player[86]
• Ken Griffey Jr., American MLB player[87]
H
• Jon Hamm, American actor[88]
• Tony Hancock, English actor and comedian[89]
• Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian (part of The Chaser team)[90]
• Johann Hari, British journalist[91]
• Elizabeth Hartman, American actress[92]
• Anne Hathaway, American actress[93]
• Friedrich August Hayek, Austrian economist[94]
• Ernest Hemingway, American writer[22]
• Margaux Hemingway, American actress; granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway[95]
• John Hinckley, Jr., American would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan[96]
• Frankie Howerd OBE, British comedian[97]
• Sir Julian Huxley, British biologist, author and administrator[98]
• Geoffrey Hill, English poet[99]
• Herbert Hart, British philosopher[100]
• Michael Hutchence, Australian singer–songwriter[101]
I
• Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter[102]
• Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter, actress and model.[103]
• Jack Irons, American musician, drummer for the bands Eleven, Pearl Jam, and Red Hot Chili Peppers[104]
J
• Janet Jackson, American singer[105]
• Henry James, British writer[106]
• William James, American philosopher and psychologist[107]
• Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor[108]
• Billy Joel, American musician[109]
• Daniel Johns, Australian musician[110]
• Daniel Johnston, American musician[111]
• Samuel Johnson, British lexicographer, biographer, essayist and poet[112]
• Angelina Jolie, American actress[113]
• Ashley Judd, American actor[114]
• Jung Da Bin, Korean actress[115]
K
• Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor[116]
• Sarah Kane, British playwright[117]
• Hamid Karzai, Afghan President[118]
• Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter [119]
• Susanna Kaysen, American writer[120]
• John Keats, British poet[121]
• Marian Keyes, Irish writer[122]
• Kool Keith, American hip hop artist[123]
• Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter[124]
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter[125]
• John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player, former All Black, currently coach of Japan national rugby team.[126]
• Beyoncé Knowles, American singer-songwriter[127]
• Joey Kramer, American musician (Aerosmith)[128]
• Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director[129]
L
• Alan Ladd, American actor[130]
• Hugh Laurie, British actor[131]
• Denis Lawson, British actor[132]
• Heath Ledger, Australian actor[133]
• Amy Lee, American singer of Evanescence[134]
• Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer[135]
• David Letterman, American comedian and television presenter[136]
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor[137]
• Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer[138]
• Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 16th President of the United States[139]
• Oscar Lopez, Chilean-Canadian folk guitarist[140]
• Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet[141]
• Demi Lovato, American singer, actress
• Martin Luther, German priest and theologian[142]
M
• Shirley Manson, Scottish singer of Garbage[143]
• Paul Merton, English comedian[144]
• Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer[145]
• Heather Matarazzo, American actress[146]
• Henri Matisse, French painter[147]
• Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer and poet[148]
• Brian May, British guitarist[149]
• Guy de Maupassant, French writer[150]
• Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor[151]
• Herman Melville, American writer[152]
• Charlotte Mew, British poet[153]
• Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor[154]
• John Stuart Mill, British political philosopher[155]
• Spike Milligan, Irish comedian and writer[156]
• Joan Miró, Spanish painter[157]
• Morrissey, British singer and former frontman of The Smiths[158]
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer[121]
N
• Isaac Newton, British physicist[159]
• Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher[22]
O
• Graeme Obree, British cyclist[160]
• Bill Oddie, British comedy performer and naturalist[161]
• Eugene O'Neill, American playwright[162]
• Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist ('father of the atomic bomb')[163]
• Patton Oswalt, American comedian and actor[164]
• Marie Osmond, American musician[165][dead link]
• Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player[166]
P
• Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress[167]
• Henri Paul, French chauffeur (driver during the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales)[168]
• Jenny Pat, Chinese-Japanese Discovery Channel TV personality and famous art dealer[169]
• Ryan Phillippe, American actor[170]
• T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American oil tycoon[171]
• János Pilinszky, Hungarian poet[172]
• Brad Pitt, American actor[173]
• Sylvia Plath, American writer[22]
• Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and writer[22] (speculated)
• Bill Pulsipher, American baseball player[174]
• Jackson Pollock, American painter[175]
• Charley Pride, American country music singer.[176]
R
• Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist[177]
• Charlotte Rampling, English actress[178]
• Trent Reznor, American musician[179]
• Anne Rice, American writer[180]
• Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet[181]
• John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist[182]
• Mark Rothko, American painter[183]
• Hans Rott, Austrian composer[184]
• J. K. Rowling, British writer[185][186]
• Winona Ryder, American actress[187]
S
• Peter Steele, American musician[188][189]
• Terry Sawchuk, Canadian goaltender[190]
• Jim Salinger, New Zealand climate change scientist[191]
• Siegfried Sassoon, British poet and soldier[192]
• Robert Schumann, German composer[193]
• Jean Seberg, American actress[194]
• Brian Sewell, English art critic[195]
• Will Self, English novelist, reviewer and columnist[196]
• Amanda Seyfried actress, [197]
• Anne Sexton, American poet[198]
• Brooke Shields, American actress[199]
• Sarah Silverman, American comedian[200]
• Elliott Smith, American musician[201]
• Brittany Snow, American actress[202]
• Andrew Solomon, American author[203]
• Shafee Spacee, British hip hop artist
• Britney Spears, American pop singer[204]
• Layne Staley, American musician.[205]
• Vivian Stanshall, British humourist and musician (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)[206]
• Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer of My Dying Bride[207]
• Rod Steiger, American actor[208]
• Gwen Stefani, American pop singer[209]
• William Styron, writer[210]
T
• T.I., American Rapper[211]
• Amy Tan, American writer[212]
• Catherine Tate, English comedienne and actress[213]
• James Taylor, American singer-songwriter[214]
• Corey Taylor, American singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour[215]
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer[216]
• Uma Thurman, American actress[217]
• Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer[218]
• Georg Trakl, Austrian poet[219]
• Lars Von Trier, Danish film director[220]
• Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish songwriter and keyboardist of Nightwish[221]
• Mark Twain, American writer[22]
• Tyler, the Creator, American rapper[222]
V
• Ville Valo - Finnish singer (HIM)[223]
• Vincent Van Gogh - Dutch artist[224] [225]
• Ned Vizzini - American writer[226]
• Kurt Vonnegut - American author[227]
• Joey Votto - Canadian baseball player[228]
W
• David Foster Wallace, American writer[229]
• Mike Wallace, American journalist on 60 Minutes[230]
• David Walliams,British actor, writer and comedian[231]
• Tyler "NonY" Wasieleski, American electronic sports player[232]
• Evelyn Waugh, British novelist and journalist[233]
• Gerard Way, American singer and comic book writer, frontman of the rock band My Chemical Romance.[234]
• Denise Welch, English actress and television presenter[235]
• Billy West, American voice artist[236]
• Delonte West, American basketball player[237]
• Jerry West, American basketball player and executive[238]
• Dan White, American killer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone[239]
• Walt Whitman, American poet[240]
• Kevin Whitrick, British electrical engineer[241]
• Kenneth Williams, British Comedian[242]
• Robbie Williams, British pop singer[243]
• Tennessee Williams, American playwright[244]
• William Carlos Williams, American poet[245]
• Brian Wilson, American musician (Beach Boys)[246]
• Owen Wilson, American comedian and actor[247]
• Gregory Wilton, Australian politician[248]
• Dean Windass, British Football Player[249]
• Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host[250]
• Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer[251]
• Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer[252]
• Lewis Wolpert, British developmental biologist, author and broadcaster[253]
• Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen, British novelist (1882–1941)[254]
• Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer[255]
Y
• Boris Yeltzin, first President of Russia[256]
• Thom Yorke, English musician, lead singer of Radiohead[257][258]

[Rachel.i]

Originally Posted by TerryL

Bruce Springsteen, Rachel Maddow and Kristin Chenoweth struggle with depression too. who knew...

Just came across this quote from Rachel Maddow, and it's a great descripton of depression:

"When you are depressed, it's like the rest of the world is the mother ship, and you're out there on a little pod and your line gets cut and you don't connect with anything. You sort of disappear."

[CastlesInTheAir]

Yea that Definetly hit home

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[~EnlightenMe~]

I am depressed not to see myself on the list