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by Anneli Rufus

Stars Suffer Too

By Anneli Rufus on September 4, 2009 in Stuck

Yesterday I couldn't resist clicking on a post titled "The Top 8 Celebrity Mental Cases!" at TheFrisky.com, a celebrity-gossip site whose motto is "Love. Life. Stars. Style." Promising to reveal stars who "have been vocal about their struggles with mental illness," the post exudes a bit of mockery but a surprising share of solidarity. Read More

What do Megan Fox and Barry Goldwater have in common?

Submitted by Dr.B on September 5, 2009 - 8:22am.

Megan Fox's case is the latest example of a psychiatrist breaking the "Goldwater Rule." More information at www.CelebrityDiagnosis.com.

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The Diseasing of America

Submitted by Martian Bachelor on September 5, 2009 - 9:57am.

-which is the title of a book by another PT blogger (Stanton Peele), described some while ago how the trend has been to expand the definitions so all sorts of things now fall under the "mental illness" rubric. Heck, a celebrity or star, or anyone else for that matter, who didn't suffer from *something* would now plausibly be accused of displaying the characteristic trait of almost all these faux illnesses, namely the Catch-22 called denial.

The celebrity gossip biz has for a long time known the best way to deify the stars they rely on has been, somewhat paradoxically, to always try and make them seem more human, more fallible, since that increases the ability of more people to "relate" to them, so I can see celebs engaging in an arms race of sorts to see who can have the most serious affliction. They are actors after all.