Celebrities with depression (gifs post)

Depression is a devastating illness. It fills you with sadness, pain, hopelessness. A disease that does not distinguish in age, gender, size or amount of money in your bank account. Nor does it care if you are only known at home or have millions of followers on social networks. What she wants is to see you destroyed, to make you suffer a lot and if possible, to take you to the grave.

And that is what she has done with many people throughout history, famous and not famous. It is even said that Jesus Christ, in his last days, suffered from depression. Leonardo Da Vinci, King David, author of many psalms reflects in his writings, deep and intense sadness.

KURT CUBAIN

But without going too far in the past, we can refer to recent years, both in the last century and in this 21st century. Kurt Cobain, for example, once wrote: "I am a fickle, lunatic creature. I have run out of passion. And remember, it's better to burn out than to burn out slowly." He wrote them on one occasion, yes, on the occasion of his suicide as the last words of a note he left for the world, in April 1994. The American musician and leader of the rock band Nirvana, suffered from depression and also abused drugs and alcohol.

ROBIN WILLIAM

An actor, who made many laugh with his unforgettable movie characters, was also a victim of this disorder. Williams experienced depression and it worsened when he learned he had Parkinson's, according to media reports. The news of Robin William's suicide shocked the world, on August 11, 2014.

J. BALVIN

The urban music singer has manifested several times on social networks, to have depression. He is a relapser, that is to say, he has suffered relapses. A well-known and admired artist in his country and other countries, he also suffers from sadness and despair. Fortunately, for him and his followers, he is a man who is aware of his condition and fights against it in order not to let himself get down.

VICENT VAN GOGH

"Sadness will last forever". With these words Vincent Van Gogh said goodbye when he decided to take his own life. The Dutch painter was my age: 37 years old.

ABRAHAN LINCONL

Can you imagine a president of a country suffering from depression? The United States had a very famous one, to say the least: Abraham Lincoln. The former U.S. president, famous for being the one who legally ended slavery, became a melancholic after falling in love with Ann Rutledge in 1826. At least this according to writer Joshua Wolf Shenk.

**LUDWIG VAN BETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BETHOVEN

We have already seen that many musicians and artists in general, tend to suffer from depression. Well, Ludwig van Beethoven the famous composer of the even more famous "Ninth Symphony", captured his unbearable nostalgic state in this work, considered one of the best compositions of all times.

In the world of show business there are many who have suffered from this anomaly because, as I mentioned above, people linked to the arts are hypersensitive.

The actor Heath Ledger, the soul singer Amy Winehouse, the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears, the great comedy actor Jim Carrey, Owen Wilson, Hugh Laurie, are some of the artists who have suffered from depression at some point in their lives. The first two cases lost the battle and succumbed to the darkest goal of depression: death.

Depression has defeated many famous, influential and even powerful men and women. If it has done it to them, how much more could it do it to us! You don't have to be anonymous or be the most famous singer of all time, depression can appear in the life of anyone who least expects it.

Let's keep a relaxed life, without so much stress, living consciously, connected with ourselves. A good sense of humor, healthy eating, exercise and a stable and varied social life. That, somehow, can help you prevent or fight depression, whether you are famous or not.

G. S. Bilbao