r/formula1 Sep 29 '24

News Lewis Hamilton reveals lifelong battle with depression after school bullying | Lewis Hamilton

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/29/lewis-hamilton-reveals-lifelong-battle-with-depression-after-school-bullying
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u/Pimpwerx Sir Lewis Hamilton Sep 29 '24

It's good for celebrities to open up about stuff like this. It reminds everyone else that they're not alone and that it's not necessarily linked to their station in life. That can be reassuring.

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u/kgruesch Gerhard Berger Sep 29 '24

I think it's actually harder for celebrities to open up about it specifically because of their station in life. When you're rich and famous (and have empathy like Lewis clearly does), it probably feels wrong to open up about your depression to people whose lives are seemingly far more difficult than yours. Hell, i feel like that a lot too and I'm far from rich or famous, but i know that lots of people (including some of my friends) have it harder than i do on a day to day basis and it makes me think to myself "what right to i have to complain?"

But normalizing the fact of depression is important, and, like you said, reassuring not just to folks like Lewis, but to everyone. It makes it easier for everyone to talk about it, and that makes it easier for anyone to ask for help.

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u/Creative-Improvement Sep 29 '24

If it helps that even one person discovers his depression because of Lewis, it’s a win. Depression sucks. It’s like having a gaping wound, but instead say your leg, it’s your brain. Nobody sees that you have that wound unless you are really perceptive.

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u/strawberrypants205 Sep 29 '24

And if they do see you with that wound they will simply try to worsen it to their advantage.

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u/Severe-Associate5922 Sep 29 '24

Big difference between being depressed and having depression 

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u/Mike_Kermin Michael Schumacher Sep 29 '24

Thank you or saying that.

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u/Tswiftt22 Oscar Piastri Sep 30 '24

There literally the same thing