Famous people who suffered from mental illness by MARIA JOSE GAITAN SANDOVAL

Ángel Martín / Presenter

mgaitans1 — 2024-11-16 21:53:07 UTC

Ángel Martín says that he had suffered a psychotic break in 2017 that led him to be admitted to the hospital for 15 days. Psychotic break caused by drug use.He recognizes the importance of having a close circle to rely on in situations like this, although Martín considers it more important that the aforementioned circle knows what it has to do and that it is not “toxic until saying enough is enough and sinking you even further.”

BRUCE WILLIS/Actor

mgaitans1 — 2024-11-16 21:59:16 UTC

In 2022, the actor was diagnosed with aphasia and was forced to retire. This is not a disease in itself, but a symptom that an injury has occurred to the brain. The causes can be diverse: having suffered a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, an infection (for example, encephalitis), a brain tumor, or some type of neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or frontotemporal dementia).Aphasia has its origin in a neurodegenerative disease, as is the case of the actor, it is called progressive aphasia. «The variant of frontotemporal dementia that Bruce Willis has is one in which the language disorder predominates, which is primary progressive aphasia. But there are other presentations of this dementia. What unites them all is that there is an atrophy and poor functioning of these brain lobes, the frontal and temporal. When frontal involvement predominates, there is usually a presentation with behavioral and behavioral symptoms, which is the behavioral variant. There would usually be disinhibition, compulsive behaviors, and apathy. Usually, this problem appears in younger patients. Therefore, it can be confusing and patients may end up being evaluated by psychiatry, and that often delays the diagnosis.

Kendrick Lamar/Rapper singer

mgaitans1 — 2024-11-16 22:15:46 UTC


Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (Compton, California, June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.Kendrick Lamar lyrically revealed his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts in one of his latest albums, “To Pimp a Butterfly.”Abusing drugs for many years, give thanks to life for getting out of this problem. He suffered from dementia and suicidal thoughts.

Brad Pitt/ Actor

mgaitans1 — 2024-11-16 22:18:46 UTC

The actor suffers from a neurological disorder called prosopagnosia, as he admitted in 2013.This disease, also known as facial blindness or facial agnosia, is a disorder of neurological origin that manifests itself in the inability to recognize faces, in some cases even one's own.

Brad Pitt admitted that suffering from this disorder had caused him social problems. «There are many people who hate me because they think I am disrespecting them.

Ronald Reagan/ President

mgaitans1 — 2024-11-16 22:23:49 UTC

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. The onset of this dementia is slow, first affecting the parts of the brain that are responsible for memory, thinking and language.Over time, these symptoms worsen to the point that people who suffer from Alzheimer's disease stop recognizing their closest family members and experience problems in activities of daily living such as dressing or grooming.

Former US President Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994, just five years after leaving office.suffered from his condition while in the White House. He died in 2004.Reagan is not the only president who forgot he was one.