Seriously Mentally Ill Celebrities:

Anne Heche

Kanye is openly bipolar. And perhaps closetly other things.

Jim Carrey?

Johnny Depp

Russell Brand

Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Demi Lovato, Kesha.

Do Z-listers count? If so, Azealia Banks, too.

Amanda Bynes

Angelina Jolie

Roseanne

Owen Wilson

Aaron Carter.

Nicolas Cage

Brit Brit

Azealia Banks

Ms Kanye West

Mariah Carey

Michael Jackson.

Yes, he’s dead, but he was a doozy worth mentioning.

Dead or alive?

Joan Crawford - bipolar, narcissist (?) Vivian Leigh - bipolar Kurt Cobain - bipolar Jimi Hendrix - bipolar Ernest Hemingway - bipolar Carrie Fisher - bipolar Frank Sinatra - bipolar Patty Duke - bipolar Winston Churchill - bipolar Veronica Lake - schizophrenia Jim Gordon (drummer/songwriter) - schizophrenia Dusty Springfield - bipolar Amy Winehouse ----- Mariah Carey - bipolar Rick Springfield - depression (lifelong) Pete Davidson - BPD (borderline personality disorder) Naomi Judd - Major clinical depression Amanda Seyfried - OCD Pete Wentz - bipolar Catherine Zeta Jones - bipolar JK Rowling - OCD Halsey - bipolar Gina Rodriguez - clinical depression Bebe Rexha - Bipolar Taraji P Henson - clinical depression David Harbour - bipolar Kanye - bipolar Rene Russo - bipolar Jim Carrey - depression, but I also recall bipolar? Jean-Claude van Damme - bipolar Russell Brand - bipolar Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) - bipolar Ted Turner - bipolar Jane Pauley - bipolar Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) - schizophrenia Kristy McNichol - bipolar Stephen Fry - bipolar Alison Moyet - bipolar Linda Hamilton - bipolar Kim Novak - bipolar

There are so many more, but I don't remember offhand. And let's not forget personality disorders (narcissist and BPD being particularly high amongst the entertainment industry stars), add well as drug and alcohol abuse also being part of the mental health spectrum.

I don't know much about stars/celebrities outside of the English speaking circle, though. I suppose Vincent Van Gogh (schizophrenia), if one were to say he was a celebrity (not in his lifetime, sadly).

Is it a wonder therapists do well in NYC and LA? I'm not even being facetious. It's awful to struggle with mental health illnesses.

I spaced out all the names but it's still came out like a big paragraph, wtf?

Margot Kidder

Julia Roberts

Eric Roberts

R14 It looks as if a schizophrenic wrote that. (just teasing) Seriously though, wherever did you get the skinny on Kristy McNichol being a schizo? I know she had troubles with her sexuality during puberty, but never have I heard this. I'm a fan, and find this to be very sad indeed.

Kevin Spacey

Mel Gibson

Jon Voight

Woody Allen

Mia Farrow

Tom Cruise

Kirstie Alley

Meghan McCain

Ryan O'Neal

Connor MacGregor

Donald Trump

Matthew Perry

Heather Locklear

R17 - I thought that, too! lol Or someone in the height of a manic episode...🤦🏻‍♀️

No, Kristy has bipolar. If the post had posted correctly, it's name, then disorder.

I'm not sure why it posted that way, I literally typed it all out and I'm annoyed about it. 😏 Why no edit button here...(why no app?)

R19 Phwew! Cheers!

Oopsie daisy, forgot James Woods. He should've been at the top of my list really.

It's Britney bitches.

R22 Poor Britney. She's got "child actor" syndrome. Who knows what's going on with her, really...

Not me! Mother fucking cunts!

Charlie Sheen

There's a few in the Cyrus clan.

Catherine-Zeta-Forever35

Vivian Vance

Matthew Rush

All of them

Sam Smith

Poor old Ted Turner has Lewy body dementia.

My owner: bipolar, rabid depression and anxiety.

Axl Rose is bipolar too (although he oddly denied it later, possibly because of a lawsuit).

I wonder why bipolar has become the mental illness du jour. It seems awfully overdiagnosed. Two therapists have prescribed me medications for bipolar on first appointment although I don't have it and have never experienced mania (just depressed). Any thoughts?

Jeremy Renner

Bradley Cooper

Pete Davidson

Lisa Nicole Carson. Fired from both "ER" and "Ally McBeal" due to her bipolar disorder.

They prescribed you something for a reason, R34. What was the reason?

My partner is on seizure meds but doesn't have seizures; it's for anxiety that keeps him awake at night. Works like a charm.

Lisa Holcomb - a promising actress who starred in "Animal House" and "Caddyshack," then literally dropped out of sight. It turns out she was suffering from major mental health issues and was even institutionalized for a period of time. She eventually ended up living under the care of her parents.

There's not a lot of information on her whereabouts today, but the female character in the 2004 movie "Stateside" is loosely based on her.

^^ Make that SARAH Holcomb.

I got this covered, from depression to hording. Of course I was one of the few Republicans in Hollywood. From beauty queen to queen of the pile.

- Anyone seen my cats lately?

Wow, R41, I'd never heard that before. I wondered what happened to her but honestly thought she just didn't make it, as she was fine but not really a stand-out. Found this online:

[quote]But one of the brightest, Sarah Holcomb - who at 18 played the mayor's virginal 13-year-old daughter who passes out half-naked in the slovenly Delta frat house - tragically fell off the map. As Chris Miller, who co-wrote the screenplay of the 1978 comedy classic and penned the new book "The Real Animal House," relates to mrskin.com: "She was young, younger than the rest of us. We were a fast crowd. Drugs were everywhere. She fell into what, for lack of a better term, you would have to call bad company. And got [bleeped] up on drugs. Coke, primarily, if memory serves," Miller says. "[She] wound up in some home for [bleeped]-up young girls . . . wound up sort-of erased from life. I don't know what became of her. Sad story." Holcomb only made three more films before vanishing into obscurity after "Caddyshack."

Why Jeremy Renner and Bradley Cooper?

Lark Vhorhies

Bradley Cooper- Depression, possible sociopath, substance abuse, and NPD

Shelley Duvall

Asia Argento

Shia LaBeouf?

Frances Farmer

Lindsay Lohan

Kim Richards

The entire O'Neal family

Rose McGowan

Nick Stahl

Anissa Jones

Mindy McCready

Winnona Ryder

George Sanders

Christina Crawford

Poor Sabrina Duncan is now a hoarder with a major case of Crazy Eyes.

Veronica Lake

Anthony Michael Hall

Delta Burke - depression and OCD.

Aaron Carter

Pete Wentz

Meghan Markle

R43 Here's a very sad story about Sarah Holcomb from 12 years ago:

Dana Plato

James Dean

Marlon Brando

Gerard Depardieu

Courtney Love Elliott Smith

Sinead's a mess but I will love her always.

If if could roll my eyes back any more in my head I would.

Jennifer Lien - she played Kes on Star Trek: Voyager. She was fired for being insane and she just kept getting worse after that.

That Sarah Holcomb link was a real rabbit hole...i read that entire thread at R60 s post. Pretty fascinating.

Shelly Duvall

Randy Quaid

Charlie Chaplin

Marilyn Monroe

Christian Bale

Roseanne Barr

ANGELINA JOLiE

Vivian Vance

Vivien Leigh

Robin Williams

Mel Gibson

Joaquin Phoenix

Shannen Doherty

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was schizophrenic. Shine On, You Crazy Diamond was written about him.

Jane Fonda

HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME?

Mike Tyson

Naomi Campbell.

Mariah Carey

Karen Carpenter

Lark Voorhees.

Rose M - poor woman has become unhinged and obsessed

Jim Morrison

Brian Jones

Jimmy Page

[quote]My owner: bipolar, rabid depression and anxiety. —Afflecks-Rug

Not sure if being bipolar shows outside but Affleck doesn't really seem the type. Depressed and anxious probably but I have harder time buying him being bipolar.

Jonathan Winters

Samantha Morton

Paul Lynde

Susan Olsen

Ted Nugent

James Woods

Cruise is extremely sick...is there a name for his illness?

R90 yes, I thought that, too. But the cycles of super fantastic and fucking bottomed our made me wonder.

Out. Ugh. Edit feature, come at me.

Emily Lloyd. Blamed her mental illness on the being bitten by a dog in Tibet. Then said, oh wait no, it was just one particular mental breakdown caused by the dog bite & malaria pills.

Whutevuh

R14 You have to hit ‘return’ twice to start a new line. It’s one of this site’s wonky formatting tics.

[quote]Two therapists have prescribed me medications for bipolar on first appointment although I don't have it and have never experienced mania (just depressed).

Me too, R34! My GP keeps going back to “it might be bipolar” too, and suggesting mood stabilizers. What’s up with that?

Sean Young, the first actress who played the slutty sister on That 79’s Show.

Sorry, I’m listing two different people in R101. It’s not clear.

[quote] My GP keeps going back to “it might be bipolar” too, and suggesting mood stabilizers. What’s up with that?

Sick of listening to you. “Here, take these and shut up already.”

"Cruise is extremely sick...is there a name for his illness? "

Narcissistic personality disorder, made worse by an entire organization of enablers who tell him he's a living God among mortals. Much worse.

R100, why are you expecting your GP to cure mental health issues?

Let me guess, you refused a referral to a psychologist or psychiatrist.

R105 I’ve had my family practice MD treat my depression for years. Sometimes a med helps (sometimes for a year or more) and sometimes not, but they all stop working eventually. I think it’s pretty common for family practice doctors to treat depression. And yes, he finally did refer me to a psych professional.

[quote]My GP keeps going back to “it might be bipolar” too, and suggesting mood stabilizers. What’s up with that?

I have it - there is no way you could 'maybe' have bipolar. A medical professional should be able to spot it a mile away.

Perhaps a more enlightening thread would be, which celebrities seem genuinely well-adjusted and also scandal-free?

Jimmy Stewart: Everything I've read about him indicates he was a truly fine person. Am I missing something?

Kurt Cobain

Patty Duke

This thread is sad.

Winona Ryder

Jimmy Stewart--right-winger

Madonna.

Thinks she's young and hot, years of therapy has not helped and she has to have a brand new toilet seat every time she needs to relieve herself while on tour.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder, delusional, germaphobe.

Conventional wisdom dictates that if you feel the need to be famous there is something wrong with you.

Wanting to express yourself creatively is not a sign of insanity, a desire and an unending need for fame and attention can be.

Kanye West

Constance Wu.

Kanye West.

Donald Trump

Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner

Rosie O'Donnell

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Burke Ramsey

Connor Jessup

Nicki Minaj

Frankie Grande

Ellen

Colton Haynes

Danny Pintauro

Ro' O'Donnell is fine. Unless being addicted to other people feeling sorry for you is considered a mental illness.

Madonna is not SMI - she's just a major cunt. Poor Britney, she's confounding and we don't even know the whole story, an ongoing train wreck, similar to MM: too many symptoms to diagnose.

Corey Feldman

Good catch R120, forgot about him.

She's probably not considered a celebrity but Fairuza Balk, from 'The Craft'.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - he's an alcoholic, probably with underlying issues

Kylie Jenner - body dismorphic disorder

James Franco - comes across as a narcissist. But I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a full-blown sociopath.

Chrissy Teigen - histrionic personality disorder

Gwyneth Paltrow - not sure, but I think she has some kind of personality disorder.

Leonardo DiCaprio - see Gwyneth, I can't put my finger on it, but something is off with him. I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to have multiple personality disorder.

Chris Brown

Aaron Carter

Tom Cruise is an interesting case. He seems like an odd mixture of Asperger's and narcissism.

Frances Farmer

With a few exceptions, this is just another one of those useless and dumb DL "let's just name names thread until we've named everybody" threads. Including possible diagnosis and behaviors/incidents justifying your calling them seriously mentally ill could have made this an interesting thread.

Constance Wu

Bruce Jenner

Rose McGowan

Naomi Campbell

Russell Crowe

Mickey Rourke

Gary Busey

Stephen Fry

It’s in the job description to be narcissist to want to be famous.

Living with fame then makes it worse.

Faye Dunaway - Bipolar + BPD

If you're talking about celebs with serious, debilitating mental illness isn't related to being a Hollywood narcissist, and whose mental illness would've occurred anyways if they weren't famous, then the list shortens. A person diagnosed with NPD could function but a person with multiple diagnoses including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, substance abuse disorder, and severe anxiety, it's not that easy to function normally on a daily basis. To qualify for this criteria, there has to be documented hospitalizations for acute decompensation episodes, bad hygiene, disregard for safety, history of suicide attempts, difficulty with relationships, so on and so forth. I'd put the following (dead or alive) at the top of the list:

Britney

Marilyn Monroe

Judy Garland

Karen Carpenter

The following celebs have/ had chronic mental illness that, while not debilitating, definitely limited course of their professional/ personal lives. I rank these celebs as less severe as the first list but still they had it pretty bad at times incapacitated by their illness.

Brian Wilson

Matthew Perry

Whitney Houston

Kurt Cobain

Robin Williams

Carrie Fisher

Kim Basinger

Margot Kidder

Jane Pauley

Gene Tierney

Amanda Bynes

^^^To clarify I don't mean the celebs I'd mentioned had schizophrenia or anxiety etc... Just that they all had documented decompensation episodes and the other listed criteria which puts them high in my ranking.

Jane Pauley?

G.

Aaron Carter, after everything he's done - accusing various family members of rape, constant instagram live documenting his every move, buying guns, getting a face tattoo, he's surrounded by enablers and it's quite sad. He needs help.

Liza

ozzy osbourne and the daughter as well.

Does Faye's behaviour backstage during "Tea at Five" count as a period of decompensation?