I am not ashamed to stand in front of the world and say, that I live with mental illness. I

My life is, by every objective measurement, very very good.

And in spite of all of that, I struggle every day with my self esteem, my self worth, and my value not only as an actor and writer, but as a human being.

That’s because I live with Depression and Anxiety, the tag team champions of the World Wrestling With Mental Illness Federation.

  • Hyperreality@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s good that he’s been able to find help, it’s good that he’s advocating for more help. But let’s be real. For most of us in the here and now, we’re better off hiding it.

    Being honest about mental illness is a great way to get fired or never work again. Especially if you can’t afford or don’t have access to help.

    If anyone has tips for disguising long gaps on a cv, that would be genuinely helpful.

    • FuzzyDoublePumper@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Especially now in the USA where every job application asks if you’re disabled; listing anxiety and depression as disabilities. HR would never use that against anyone… I refuse to identify on my applications, but I don’t know if that’s a black mark against me. It makes me more anxious and depressed.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If anyone has tips for disguising long gaps on a cv, that would be genuinely helpful.

      Long COVID

      Taking care of a sick relative

      Helping with a completely made up company that your sibling made that they unceremoniously gave up on before launch

  • astral_avocado@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Wow, I kinda feel bad for mocking his Wesley Crusher now, I wonder how much the near universal hate for that character has affected him.

      • PagingDoctorLove@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I’m a HUGE trekkie, and I loved the character. Maybe it makes a difference that we didn’t watch the show until it had been out for like 20 years, so we didn’t take it so seriously. We’d pause it and make fun of how Troy would inexplicably get blocked when it was convenient to the plot, how everyone said “SensORS,” Riker’s affable intergalactic ladies man persona, and yes, even the peppy Wesley Crusher with his runaway science experiments and ability to disappear for months at a time without anyone questioning it.

        I wonder if Wil would consider a cameo on one of the new series? I know he says he hated it, but wouldn’t it be cathartic to kind of poke fun at that?

        There’s like 5 new series that I’ve heard of, and I seem to hear a lot about how they’re revisiting old characters (although I haven’t seen any. I’m old and have no idea where to find them or what order to watch them in.) But Wil is just as much a part of the nostalgia as the rest of them, and his behind the scenes story makes me so sad. That was a Grade-A show, the only character I didn’t like was Q.