Sinead OConnor: When you admit to mental illness, people treat you like dirt The singer speaks out in the wake of Robin Williams suicide. She said: Coverage of well-known females who have mental illness or suffer from depression is notoriously abusive… Female celebrities get lynched in the street, they get mocked and buffooned. Highlighting Britney Spears and Amanda Bynes as examples of female figures in the public eye whose problems have not been adequately respected, OConnor then went on to explain how the same issues are not faced by men. When males in the public eye are dealing with the same thing, coverage is much more compassionate as it should be, she said. Ive been through that myself and its really appalling. She added, It would be better if people learnt out of this why a man like that would be driven to that. Stigma is the most enormous reason why people go that far. When you admit that you are anything that may be mistakenly or otherwise perceived as mentally ill, you know youll get treated like dirt so you dont tell anybody and thats why people die.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:21:04 +0000
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