Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012
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#2Drugs are technology
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#3The documentary mentioned about his bi-polar is available on Amazon (and without permission on Youtube) for anyone interested, it's a very good insight into bi-polar and depression, worth the 120 minutes:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808482/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry:_The_Secret_Life_of...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stephen-Frys-Secret-Manic-Depressive...
Re: Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012
#4Depression lies! And there's help out there. You are not alone.
Bravo to Stephen Fry for going public.
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#5The nature of this illness truly reveals itself when you can contrast the quotes from the article with his behaviour in a show like QI. Without knowing more about him you would presume him to be a very happy man.
My roommate suffers from bipolar disorder (and a lot of other stuff to boot), and honestly, it is as much a disease with as much rationale behind it as any physiological one. His comment about "arguing" with suicidals hit the right note.
Re: Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012
#6The documentary mentioned about his bi-polar is available on Amazon (and without permission on Youtube) for anyone interested, it's a very good insight into bi-polar and depression, worth the 120 minutes: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808482/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry:_The_Secret_Life_of... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stephen-Frys-Secret-Manic-Depressive...
This is an incredibly moving documentary. +1,000,000.
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#7Bipolar's a terrible disease -- around 30% of people with bipolar disorder attempt suicide at least once, and around 15% of people with it ultimately die from suicide.
So glad that Stephen Fry is still with us, and is continuing to speak out about mental illness so well.
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#8It's tempting to think that he's wealthy and working and so this disclosure is easy to make, because it won't affect his work life.
In theory we have anti-discrimination laws here, but it's hard to prove that someone hasn't employed you because of your mental health problems. And actors usually need to be insured when they're doing a film. It's hard for some actors to get that insurance, expensive, because of past mental illness.
Stephen Fry (among others in some UK media) is doing good work at destigmatizing mental illness.
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#9Hopefully this will bring the issue of mental health back to the fore AND make sure that funding for the appropriate NHS and outpatient services does not get tampered with.
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#10I have bipolar and ADHD. I've been speaking on it at tech conferences this year [1]. Recently we started devpressed.com [2], a forum where the tech community can talk about depression.
We need to destigmatize mental illness so that our friends and coworkers aren't ashamed to ask for help. There are a lot more people going through this than you think. If you're struggling, and don't have anyone to talk to, check out devpressed, or contact me.
[1] http://confreaks.com/videos/2341-mwrc2013-devs-and-depressio...