Emma Thompson is an award-winning British actress. She’s also battled severe depression for most of her life that has at times crippled her. Her first encounter with depression was when she was acting in Me and My Girl: I think my first bout of that was when I was doing Me and My Girl, funnily enough. I really didn’t change my clothes or answer the phone, but went into … [Read more...]
How Hugh Laurie Beat Depression
Hugh Laurie is best known for playing Doctor House; a walking-wounded medical genius whose brilliance and brokenness is deeply intertwined. Like his character, Laurie has wrestled with bouts of major depression. Laurie came to prominence and fame on the back of a famous theatrical review in Cambridge, where he teamed up with Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry. Curiously both … [Read more...]
The Internet Habits of Depressed People
A recent study by the Missouri University of Science and Technology revealed that the internet habits of depressed people are identifable. In a survey of the student population, Internet use was monitored and correlated with the results of a depression survey. The recognisable signs of people scoring in the greater range of depression are: Increased use of peer to peer … [Read more...]
Dysthymia
Dysthymia (dysthymic disorder) is a chronic depression, although a milder and lower grade type than major depression. It occurs for a longer time, often over a 1-2 year period sometimes longer. The symptoms are not as intense or disabling as major depression although it remains a serious condition and one which requires care and treatment as its consequences are serious, … [Read more...]
How JK Rowling Beat Depression
Harry Potter: one of the most recognisable names in the modern world. The boy wizard was largely developed during an episode of severe depression for author J.K. Rowling, who fought her own dementors by creating the magical world of Hogwarts in her tiny Scottish apartment. Rowling was in her late twenties with a young child to provide for whilst on unemployment … [Read more...]