It's not just everyday people who suffer from anxieties, depression, addictions, etc.
Below is a list of young talented individuals the world has lost to mental illness and addictions. It doesn't matter how much money or how famous you may be, mental illness can affect you.
Mark Balelo, an auction house owner featured on the A&E reality TV show "Storage Wars," was found dead on Feb. 11, 2013. He was 40. His death has been declared a suicide.
Seattle rapper Freddy E (real name Freddy E. Buhl) died on January 5, 2013, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 22-year-old is believed to have live tweeted the moments leading up to his apparent suicide.
Lisa Robin Kelly. The former "That '70s Show" actress died at the age of 43 on Aug. 14. According to TMZ, Kelly died in her sleep at a rehab facility in California.
Lee Thompson Young. "The Famous Jett Jackson" star was found dead in his apartment by his landlord in Los Angeles on Aug. 19. Young's rep confirmed that he took his own life. He was 29.
Gia Allemand. "The Bachelor" star died from an apparent suicide on Aug. 14. She was 29.
Cory Allan Michael Monteith, a Canadian actor best known for playing Finn Hudson on the hit Fox TV show "Glee," was found dead on July 13 in a Vancouver hotel room. He was 31.
Chris Kelly, one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, died May 1, 2013 of an apparent drug overdose. He was 34.
Australian producer Adrian Thomas, better known as DJ Ajax, died on the day of his 42nd birthday, Feb. 28, 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald reported DJ Ajax died after he ran out onto a Melbourne road and was hit by an oncoming truck.
Mindy McCready. The country singer was found dead in her Heber Springs, Ark., home on Feb. 17, 2013. The Cleburne County sheriff said in a statement that preliminary autopsy results from Arkansas' state crime lab show McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head.
Rather than judging people who are suffering in silence, reach out to them because sometimes it's difficult to share what is happening in your life without fear of judgement and/or being treated differently.
End the stigma . . . To Whom It May Concern . . . a short story about the stigma of mental illness.
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