This story is all over the media. Apparently Heather LockLear’s psychiatrist was so concerned for her mental state he sent medical help to her home telling them she was attempting suicide.
Can you imagine if everyone who felt depressed with or without the aid of antidepressants confided in their psychiatrists only to have him/her practically call out the national guard because we were having a bad day. How embarrassing. Poor Heather.
If there was a legitimate reason for his full blown response to their phone conversation then he made the right call but according to Heather he overreacted big time.
Frankly I never had the need to take pills for depression but I do know several people who could become suicidal if they did not take their meds.
I often wonder if depression is a mental disease which comes upon us without warning or is it mainly genetic?
I remember while I was growing up when someone would act strangely they would be labeled “nuts,”, “looney” or “insane.”
Now there’s so much more research going into the cause and cure of mental disease. People are listening to other folks’ cry for help. Why is this such a worldwide epidemic?
I feel for those whose lives are disrupted by mental illness. Words such as bi-polar and manic depression were not commonly known and talked about in polite company.
I have several people in my life who are bi-polar or manic depressive. There illnesses escalated when they were in their teens.
People have this image of others who suffer from mental disease as something out of “One Flew out of the Cuckoo’s Nest”. Folks strapped to tables in rubber rooms babbling like imbeciles. It makes for great entertainment but there are far more people walking around with depression than those in mental hospitals.
The many who live with mental illness are full functioning individuals some are famous celebrities, scientists, writers, executives,every day folks from all walks of life.
So getting back to Heather Locklear. We are wrong to assume because actresses have privileged lives they are immune to what ails those who do not have glamorous jobs. They have other types of pressures we don’t have-just take a look at Britney Spears. Oh Boy!
Whatever Heather’s problems are I wish her the best she has given my family and friends much entertainment over the years from Dallas,TJ Hooker to Melrose Place.
You get well, girl!
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