1. Demi Lovato

For almost the entirety of her career, Demi Lovato has been one of the biggest advocates for Mental Health, admitting her struggle with an eating disorder, addiction, depression, anxiety and her Bi-Polar disorder further in her documentary Simply Complicated. She has not only been an advocate for ending the stigma of mental illness but has been a key piece in helping so many adults and young children by proving that recovery and a better life is possible.

2. Kristen Bell

Kristen is known as one of the funniest and genuine women in Hollywood. But just as she has been open about her "real-life" as a mom, she has been extremely open about her battle with depression and anxiety. She even made headlines for an essay on the stigma of mental health disorders for Time Magazine ; entitled "I'm Over Being Silent About Depression," which read "There is such an extreme stigma about mental health issues, and I can't make heads or tails of why it exists. Anxiety and depression are impervious to accolades or achievements.

Anyone can be affected, despite their level of success or their place on the food chain. In fact, there is a good chance you know someone who is struggling with it since nearly 20 percent of American adults face some form of mental illness in their lifetime. So why aren't we talking about it?"

3. The Duchess of Cambridge

The Duchess of Cambridge has been huge progress in Mental Health Awareness ever since creating the Heads Together Initiative shortly after her marriage to the Duke, Prine William. What's so amazing about their Heads Together Initiative, is that they actively seek to help those suffering from mental health problems in all sorts of situations, from young people, those who suffer from homelessness, emergency responders, and families of those battling their illness.

With a growing family of three little ones, she has stressed the importance and hopes she has for those growing up, especially for her own children to feel comfortable talking about their feelings. It is clear the Duchess has been one of the biggest lights on this growing issue in the UK and what once started as an initiative within the UK and The Commonwealth, has amazingly now been recognized as a growing global initiative.

4. Diana Princess of Wales

Princess Diana was one of the first and most influential voices to speak about Postpartum depression, which at the time was almost unheard of. She was vocal on all of the complications that came with postpartum other than the depression she experienced and encouraged women to not be afraid of their illness or ashamed of seeking help.

5. Hayden Panetierre

The 'Nashville' Actress was another huge advocate and voice who spoke out on the trauma and battle that is postpartum depression. She fights for better education on what happens after women give birth and that sometimes the hardest part for a mother is what comes after there pregnancy.

6. Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga has been extremely open about her struggles with PTSD and anxiety. She also has expressed how music and the arts have the power to heal and overcome. This can be seen as extremely important especially in the light of many school districts cutting music programs due to budget cuts. Gaga who is an advocate to keep and improve arts programs in schools also has made a huge contribution to the youth of the LGBTQ+ community through working with organizations such as the Trevor Project which saves lives providing a hotline as well as help and actual resources to LGBTQ+ youth suffering from mental illness and severe depression.

If you are thinking about suicide or are feeling alone and need someone to talk to, please call the Trevor Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386

7. Zoella

Zoella is a British YouTuber and Influencer who became one of the first influencers to open up about her struggle with a crippling anxiety disorder for the whole world to see. Personally, her video was the first time I had ever seen or heard anyone talk about anxiety, and at a time where I felt completely alone in my own struggle gave me so much peace. Zoe Sugg (Zoella) has continued her own youtube career on her own terms and has been an amazing example to young boys and girls all over the world, that despite your mental illness, you can accomplish your goals and dreams.

8. Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish rose to stardom after her hilarious role in the movie Girls Trip and became even more popular when she proved how relatable she was for her comedic honesty about how she still trie to live her life as normal as any other person does, Groupon using and all. Although she has started to become a household name she understands and has been vocal about the damages of growing up in a physically and mentally abusive home. While she may not be vocal about suffering from her own Mental Illness she is open about her growing up with a mother who suffered from Schizophrenia and her desire to raise awareness on the illness and hopes to even one day be able to take care of her mother.

9. Cara Delevine

As a famous model or actress, Cara has seen first hand how easy it is for people to think that her life is perfect and wish nothing but to live in her shoes for a day. And as someone who has seemingly lived the Hollywood fairy tale, she has been open and honest about the not so glamorous side of her life. Cara suffers from depression and often found that while working as a model she would be experiencing even more self -hatred or would put herself fully into her work to the point of exhaustion.

10. Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez has always been a big celebrity, but after being diagnosed with Lupus, and barely surviving her illness thanks to a kidney transplant donated by her best friend she has taken to the spotlight to not only share the story of her battle with her autoimmune disease but also to shed light on the mental health issues that arose as a result of her disease. She mentioned that because of her lupus and the state it would put her brain and body in, she would suffer from horrible depressive episodes and started experiencing anxiety and panic attacks.

Through her openness on the disease and the mental health complications of it, she has helped a whole other demographic of individuals in similar situations. She also has taken it upon herself to spread more awareness about depression and suicide through her collaboration with Netflix by producing 13 Reasons Why, A Netflix Original based on the book about a young girl who decides to take her own life.

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