You Are Not Alone: 15 Celebs Who Battled Depression

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Throughout much of her career, Christina Ricci has one common thread for much of the projects she’s starred in: they were dark. In an example of art imitating life, Ricci herself was in a dark period of her life battling both depression and anorexia. In 2008, The Addams Family star opened up about her past. “These are things you can’t always deal with alone, so I went to therapy,” she says in an interview. “Sometimes people need to seek professional help. Along the way I discovered that you can choose to be happy. If you choose to let go of your self-consciousness and insecurities about physical appearance, then you’ll get to a place where you are present to see the world and enjoy yourself.”

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