10. Ricky Williams
Via huffpost.com
Sometimes mental illness occurs and you just do not even know what is going on. In fact, many sufferers of mental disorders at first think that there is something wrong with them; that it is merely a case of being insane or crazy. Yet mental illness is very real and it does not discriminate. Just ask Heisman Trophy-winning running back Ricky Williams. He suffers from social anxiety disorder and said that before he got help, he felt the isolation and confusion due to not being able to express what was really wrong with him. About 15 million people in the United States suffer from this disorder, so he is certainly not alone.
9. Angelina Jolie
Via usmagazine.com
Angelina Jolie has opened up and discussed her bouts with depression. She even resorted to self-mutilation and would slash at her skin with sharp objects. She has expressed that the fame and success that came with her work led her to become exasperated. She was fed up with it all and doing something irrational and dangerous provided a certain rush that acting and living in the public eye did not. She fortunately got help and support for her issues, and now she is at the top of her game. Just look at that fabulous woman! The world really does need more people like her to speak out about mental illness.
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