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12 Celebs Like Jeanette Aw, Prince Harry & More Who Have Dealt With Mental Health Issues

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12 Celebs Like Jeanette Aw, Prince Harry & More Who Have Dealt With Mental Health Issues

Discover the secrets about what to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed and tense from celebrities who’ve dealth with mental health issues like stress.

October 10, 2019

Even if you don’t let it slow you down, your mental state can still affect your health and wellbeing. Everyone suffers from stress and anxiety, even celebrities, so it is heartening to see famous faces open up about how their state of mind can affect their everyday lives.

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To mark World Mental Health Day on October 10, we look at some famous faces who have come clean about their struggles with mental health and are breaking down the stigma associated with it:

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Text: Letty Seah, HerWorld / Additional Reporting: Natalya Molok

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12 Celebs Like Jeanette Aw, Prince Harry & More Who Have Dealt With Mental Health Issues
Prince Harry
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The sixth in line to the British throne, Prince Harry has been open about mental health issues since his beloved mother passed away in 1997.

“I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but also my work as well…I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions,” says the royal.

“It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.”

 

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Kim Yoo Jung
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The face of Laneige says stress takes a toll on her mental health makes her extremely tired and lethargic. It even affected her ability to continue acting. In February, she suspended all of her activities due to health reasons.

But the star now has her own special way of dealing with stress. “If I see the inevitable stress that I get in life as a big wave every time, it will swallow me up like a tsunami. If I see it as gentle waves that come and go, it’s easier to forget about them,” says Yoo Jung. She added that stated that her goal of 2018 is taking care of herself more and spending more time with her fans.

 

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Michelle Chong
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Behind her chirpy and happy-go-lucky demeanour we are used to seeing on screen lies a long battle with depression, which is exacerbated by periods of stress.

Luckily, things did get better for Michelle, both professionally and in terms of mental health. She filled the void she felt by and stopped herself from going into that downwards spiral by going behind the camera to get that creative outlet she desired.

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Nobody loves white as much as I do. Except maybe Barbarella. #white #shirtdress #Barbarella #SPG #Sistal #IWonderHowManyPeopleRemember

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Jeanette Aw
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Jeanette’s portrayal of an actress who falls into depression after a series of setbacks and mishaps in the 2015 drama series, “The Dream Makers II,” cuts so deep to the core of human emotion that it is kind of unsurprising that she’s had her fair share of mental turmoil to get into character.

In an Instagram post that same year, the actress stressed the importance of being supportive of those who might be going through a tough time.

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Be you. The World will adjust. . #JeanetteAw

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Eelyn Kok
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At her lowest ebb, Eelyn was so down with stress and depression, she locked herself in her room for six whole months. Fortunately, she managed to get herself out of that dark place. She found strength through religion, regular exercise, reading inspirational books and listening to “Survivor”, a song by Destiny’s Child.

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donn't know what women want? Start from knowing what women hate… Low angles. 来一个女生都超讨厌的 低角度。#whatwomendontwant #whatwomenwant

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Quan Yi Fong
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According to figures from Singhealth, about 10 to 15 per cent of women who give birth develop post-partum depression, a serious, long-lasting condition that’s more than just baby blues. It can happen to anyone. Exhaustion, sleep deprivation and other stressors take a toll on many women.

Yi Fong suffered from post-natal depression after the birth of her daughter, Eleanor, in 1999 and has received treatment for clinical depression , sleep problems and anxiety since 2007.

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放假回来之后马不停蹄的赶工 尽量让自己状态保持平静 体力透支难免脸部水肿~~ 但是还好头脑还算清醒! 感谢幕後专业的造型设计师 @anniechuasg 要不然没脸见人了?? 必须把该做的事情做好 这样才有能力过自己想要的生活 把手头上的节目做一些安顿 今晚继续启航~~~~

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Funny gal, Chrissy Teigen, suffered from post-partum depression too after the birth of her first child. She was reluctant to talk about her condition especially because she has a relatively privileged life.

“I just didn’t think it could happen to me. I have a great life. I have all the help I could need: John, my mother (who lives with us), a nanny. But postpartum does not discriminate,” she wrote on Instagram. “I couldn’t control it. And that’s part of the reason it took me so long to speak up: I felt selfish, icky, and weird saying aloud that I’m struggling. Sometimes I still do.”

 

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Life hasn’t always been a bed of roses for the athleisure guru and local actress, At one point,she even starved herself for two weeks because she felt insecure about her looks and her weight dropped by 4 kg.

She eventually gave up on the idea because it cause her too much stress, which eventually lead to depression. But today, she says she has a healthier attitude.

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Becos you left me just like this. Cee cee — You are a gentle monster. @gentlemonster #gentlemonster #ceecee #comebacktome #comehome ?⚡️

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Julie Tan
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Working hard for a dream can be utterly exhausting, especially when you are in the public eye, and perhaps no one knows that better than Julie Tan.

She was body-shamed online so badly while trying to break into the industry that she even contemplated going under the knife. Julie also revealed that she “had very bad anxiety attacks and during that period of time, I couldn’t cope with the stress and pressure”.

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Demi Lovato
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The former Disney star has struggled with body confidence, anxiety, sobriety and drug-related issues in the past but she’s getting herself cleaned up and is learning to embrace her faults day-by-day.

“I think it’s important that people no longer look at mental illness as something taboo to talk about. It’s something that’s extremely common, one in five adults has a mental illness, so everyone is essentially connected to this problem and this epidemic,” says Demi.

“The problem with mental illness is people don’t look at it as a physical illness. When you think about it, the brain is actually the most complex organ in your body. We need to treat it like a physical illness and take it seriously.”

 

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Stefanie said in an interview that: “There was a period when I was working non-stop and getting increasingly depressed.”

In that same interview, she revealed that she battled with such emotions for a year and finally got over it when she thought about the people she worked with and realised that they work just as hard, but don’t get to enjoy the kind of perks she does.

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Dear 大家, 久等了!?????? Nadim and I 在25/7/2018迎接我们在最忙碌的时候发现她的存在的新女成员,她出生2.79公斤。 女儿状态: 东张西望 父母状态: 欣喜万分 妈妈状态: 饿 报告总结:母女平安?????? 我们想借此机会谢谢Thomson Medical Centre护士,医生与工作人员无微的照顾。特别感谢Dr Joycelyn Wong,杨琳琦医生与Dr Yvonne Lim。???? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dear All, Nadim and I welcome our newest and youngest female family member (yes, the one whose existence was discovered at our busiest!) on the 25th of July 2018. She came out weighing 2.79kg. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ – Baby girl’s current status: checking out a whole new world ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ – Parents’ current status: checking out a whole new girl – Mama’s current status: hungry ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ – Overall summary: mother and baby are fine and in good health ?????? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We’d also like to say a big thank you to all the doctors, nurses and staff at Thomson Medical Centre for taking such great care of us. And special thanks and heartfelt appreciation to Dr Joycelyn Wong, Dr Yang Linqi and Dr Yvonne Lim. ????

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Going through heartbreak is a brutal experience, one that could understandably worsen symptoms of stress. Yvonne shared that she suffered from extreme depression following the stress of one of her ex-boyfriends leaving her some years ago.

Thankfully, she recovered when she thought of her family. Today, Yvonne is in a happy place and is residing in Taipei with her husband and ex-Taiwanese boy band B.A.D member Alex Tien and two kids.

This post was updated on October 10, 2019.

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Imagining myself in a tropical island mood…???? 星期天,自拍天…??#ineedabreak #lifeofamommy #instagood #photooftheday

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