Text | cold silk
Column|Entertainment gossip
Li Min, who has always been cheerful, lively, sexy, and good at singing and dancing, died of depression, which caused sighs.
It is precisely because the incident happened suddenly, completely beyond the public's expectations, that everyone has many questions.
In fact, not only entertainment stars, but also many ordinary people who die due to depression happen from time to time.
Leslie Cheung, on April 1, 2003, the superstar jumped from the upper floors of the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, ending his 46-year, brilliant life because of depression.
And in 2016, 28-year-old actor Qiao Renliang committed suicide. It was not until after the tragedy that fans familiar with him knew that as early as 2010, when he was only 22 years old, Qiao Renliang had begun to show some depressive states and signs intermittently - highly dependent on sleeping pills to fall asleep.
Chen Baolian, Weng Meiling, Chen Baiqiang, etc., as well as Li Eunzhu, Cui Zhenzhen, Robin Williams, etc., in addition to the deceased, some are still active on the screen and in the public eye, showing their glamorous side in front of us every day, many people are suffering from depression.
The depression of entertainment stars may be far more severe than we estimate and imagine.
These entertainment stars, behind their gorgeous figures hide desolation, not only desolation, but misery!
Comedian Robin Williams is almost a household name in the United States, however, on August 11, 2014, he was found dead by suicide at his home.
Robin Williams starred in 88 films and television works such as "Dead Poets Society" and "Mind Catcher", and has been nominated for 3 Oscars for Best Actor and 1 Best Supporting Actor Award. He is also nominated for 11 Golden Globes, 6 Golden Globes including Lifetime Achievement, 7 Emmy nominations and 2 winners.
Explore the life experiences of entertainment stars such as Robin Williams with depression, almost all of them have various tribulations and traumas.
Everyone knows that Chaplin also suffered from severe depression, his parents separated when he was very young, and later his father died of alcoholism and his mother suffered from mental illness. He went through 4 marriages in his life, in which his marriage to Lyte Gray ended with a huge sum of $800,000 and was widely criticized in society.
Most people naturally believe that idols are worshipped by people and that their place is on the altar, not in the crowd. They carry the idealized expectations of a huge number of people, expected to be perfect—even though everyone's standard of perfection is different. In order to maintain their status, stars and celebrities are always trying to meet these expectations.
They maintain a perfect smile in front of people, decent conversation, beautiful makeup; Filming all night, tired of becoming a dog, but also full of positive energy, head high.
Celebrities have higher exposure than ordinary people, and the lack of privacy makes them inherently insecure. As public figures, stars inevitably face various rumors and even scandals, and in Japan and South Korea, where the public has extremely high requirements for the image of artists, the negative impact of rumors may force artists to collapse.
For example, Cui Zhenzhen, she is because she can't bear all kinds of gossip on the Internet, she feels that her reputation has been lost, and her depression has intensified, resulting in a desperate road.
The French sociologist Durkheim proved in "On Suicide" that social factors have a significant impact on human suicide, "At first glance, the actions performed by the suicidal person seem to show only his personal character, but in fact these actions show the continuation and extension of a certain social state." ”
In other words, society has an unshirkable responsibility for celebrity suicides.
The fall of many entertainment stars, as well as other stars from all walks of life, has sounded the alarm for us again and again, and depression has seriously affected the lives of many people and taken many lives.
As the general public, how should we view the depression and death of celebrities?
Of course, we still focus on ourselves, and it is enough to learn from the stars.
Experts at the Shanghai Mental Health Center believe that, in general, people with poor economic conditions are more likely to suffer from mental illness. This does not mean that stars are more likely to be depressed than the average person, and there is no data to suggest that celebrities are more likely to suffer from depression than the average person. Moreover, celebrities can get more attention and better treatment because of their better financial conditions.
Everyone can be stressed, which is somewhat relative, and the reason why there are so many reports of celebrity depression may be because the public pays more attention to celebrities.
Whether it is a star or an ordinary person, the healthier way is to face sadness, accept sadness, allow yourself to be sad and low, allow life to be sometimes sad and helpless, and allow yourself to show your emotions when you have to be sad, instead of forcing laughter.
Maybe there will be less depression, more joy in the world, and more protection of our health.
There will be much less tragedy for stars like Li Min!