‘You’re not alone’: Famous men are talking about mental health, and it could save lives

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Phelps, and Kevin Love all share one thing in common, and it’s not their fame. 

Instead, each of these men has done something once unthinkable: They’ve talked publicly about their mental health struggles.  

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Johnson, an action hero best known for his positivity and pecs, recently described his own bouts of depression and what it felt like, as a teenager, to stop his mother from attempting suicide. Love, a power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, wrote an essay in March for the online publication Players’ Tribune about experiencing a panic attack. Reynolds, star of the new sequel Deadpool 2, recently told the New York Times that he regularly experiences anxiety. Last December, Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, opened up to Today about feeling depressed and suicidal.  Read more…

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