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How do you feel when famous people have problems?
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Rapper Professor Green has made a documentary about suicide for BBC Three, which will be broadcast tonight. His father committed suicide when he was 24, and this has had such an impact on his life that the topic comes up in several of his songs, and he is a patron of the charity Calm, which aims to prevent men from committing suicide.
How do you feel when famous people – such as celebrities and politicians - open up about how their problems have affected them? Does it make you feel more comfortable about talking about your problems with the people in your life, and reassured knowing that other people have the same problems? Or, do you worry that people won't take you seriously because they don't believe what famous people say about their problems?
Share your experiences, good or bad, of talking about how your problems have affected you after famous people have spoken about how the same or similar problems have affected them.
How do you feel when famous people – such as celebrities and politicians - open up about how their problems have affected them? Does it make you feel more comfortable about talking about your problems with the people in your life, and reassured knowing that other people have the same problems? Or, do you worry that people won't take you seriously because they don't believe what famous people say about their problems?
Share your experiences, good or bad, of talking about how your problems have affected you after famous people have spoken about how the same or similar problems have affected them.
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I think it's amazing when celebs have the courage to speak up about such things and with the right age group they have a positive affect in doing so but realistically I don't think it makes much a difference with anyone outside of that age group. Society has us all trapped in a certain mindset and once that becomes something you've grown with, it's very difficult to move on from.
As @Past User says, celebrities are people like us. It can be easy to forget that they have real life problems just like anybody else. It does seem though that this documentary has touched and hit home with a lot of people who watched it. Here is a photo that Professor Green posted about the impact it has had on some.
@butterfly123 it's interesting what you say about "society having us trapped in a certain mindset". Why do you think it's often difficult to come out of that trap, and what do you think people could do to avoid falling into that trap? :chin:
The show has most certainly sparked discussions and raised awareness around the stigma and taboo associated with talking about suicide. Celebrity or not, showing vulnerability takes courage.
"woah is me, I have a problem"? I feel like that too. Y'know, sometimes it's good to know that I'm not alone in having an issue. But I do sometimes see it as attention seeking.
Exactly! I just think its a bit unfair
I guess yeah it makes it easier especially when there are issues on eastenders/soaps because people then phone up saying it happened to them BUT for me personally it depends WHO the famous person is and WHAT the issue is
But when it's someone like Jordan whining about how life is so unfair in order to sell her next book, the only real feeling is schadenfreude. Or boredom.