With taboos over mental illness ever-present, many resist seeking help. For young celebrities, especially, agencies are known to often dictate everything from where they live to what they eat to who they can date and what they wear. With the Korean entertainment industry being particularly cutthroat and competitive, there’s a considerable pressure to project a perfect image to the public at all times. Their reasons included “unprotected privacy, malicious comments, unstable incomes and anxiety about the future.” In 2009, Korean actress Park Jin Hee conducted her own survey of her peers for a thesis paper and found that, of the 260 actors she spoke with, 40 per cent had thought of dying “because it’s too tiring to live.” Meanwhile, 30 per cent said they had seriously considered committing suicide before. The sad news shook the staff and dazed the patients in our all women’s hospital ward. I was a second-year psychiatry resident in New York City at the time, and I remember exactly where I was when I heard of her death. Liu cited a gruelling training and performance schedule and significant pressure by the industry and fans as reasons for why she and her bandmates found the stress of being in a pop group difficult over the years. On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead of an overdose of barbiturates. When celebrities speak up, it also helps reduce the stigma surrounding mental health especially suicide and can provide insight and understanding on a tough topic. Because if I post that I’m depressed, nobody’s going to want to see that.” You may have noticed, for example, some of your favorite celebrities have even shared their experiences with suicidal thoughts and how they coped. … Of course I’m going to post happy things on social media. But later, the loneliness and all that stuff settles in. In a recent People article, Sulli’s former f(x) bandmate Amber Liu said of their experience being in the spotlight, “It was fun at first. 1 of 239 Betty White Credit: Amanda Edwards/WireImage Betty White, the five-time Emmy Award-winning actress whose career spanned six decades and included pivotal roles on some of TVs most. The 29-year-old actor of Rizzoli and Isles died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and was found by his.
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In fact, just last year, a series of K-pop singers took their own lives one after the other, including Choi Sulli, Goo Hara and Cha In-ha. Former Disney star Lee Thompson Young committed suicide without leaving a note.
While no direct link has been reported between their deaths, they do follow a years-long pattern of suicide, particularly in Korean celebdom. Several of these celebrities were known to be suffering from depression, had faced pressure from the industry, and/or had been cyberbullied by fans.
He left behind a note saying he had “no confidence to continue acting.” Japanese actor Takashi Fujiki, who co-starred in the series Bloody Monday alongside Ashina and Miura, also died of a suspected suicide just last week, at the age of 80. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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