Beyond the Fame: Celebrities and Mental Illness
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Achieving fame and fortune and the lifestyle that comes with it doesn't necessarily make one immune to problems with mental health. In fact, many of the world's most high-profile role models, from Katy Perry to Selena Gomez, have made their personal struggles public. It is this vulnerability that demonstrates just how alike we all are, and reminds us just how important it is to have empathy for those that are in need.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Tanna Aeman. Here we teach you how to win the fight for your brain to defeat anxiety, depression, memory loss, ADHD and addictions. |
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| 0:49.6 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. |
| 0:59.0 | Today we're going to talk about anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses and how they affect all of us, whether you are a housewife or you're a celebrity. |
| 1:05.8 | And a lot of people think that the more successful you are, |
| 1:09.6 | the less problems you will have, when in fact, quite often the more successful you are the bigger |
| 1:15.8 | your problems and sometimes the harder they are to deal with because you don't want people |
| 1:21.1 | to know you think it's going to affect your career like |
| 1:25.3 | Katie Perry for example who just came out and said she's in therapy for five |
| 1:30.1 | years and in my mind good for her. Good for her. |
| 1:33.3 | That she's had suicidal thoughts in the past. |
| 1:38.1 | But you've also heard that from many other celebrities. |
| 1:42.8 | Salina just came out of a treatment program. |
| 1:45.4 | She was in a treatment program. |
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