Depressed, Mentally Ill & Famous: The Backstage Struggle

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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From November 17, 2004: Celebrities Maurice Benard, Shawn Colvin and Linda Hamilton open up about their personal struggles with their mental illnesses. In these deeply transparent conversations about their darkest moments, the hope is that listeners who see themselves, will seek out the help they need.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes, I believe the Oprah Winfrey show was one of the greatest
0:08.7	classrooms in the world.
0:10.2	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.1	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.8	The moments that matter, the eye opening, the light lessons, never allow them to take
0:29.9	us somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back.
0:33.5	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.5	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.2	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.9	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, the podcast.
0:57.2	OK, so they appear in front of millions in the movies, on television, on stage, but off
1:06.2	camera away from the crowd, no one knew they secretly battled mental illness.
1:13.6	Well millions of people watch actor Maurice Bernard on TV, but most people do not realize
1:18.9	that behind the scenes, he is living a frightening real-life drama every day.
1:25.6	Maurice Bernard sizzles as Sonny Carinthos, the gorgeous star of ABC's Hitsopopra, General
1:31.9	Hospital.
1:33.5	In real life, the devoted family man has been married to his sweetheart Paula for 14 years
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