Rosie O'Donnell says she has depression

[Laurent]

Rosie says she's treated for depression

NEW YORK - Rosie O'Donnell says she began being treated for depression after the Columbine school shootings and hangs upside down for up to a half-hour a day to improve her mental state.

When gunmen killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, O'Donnell said she felt as if it had happened to her children.

"I couldn't stop crying," she said on an episode taped for ABC's "The View" and due to air Friday. "I stayed in my room. The lights were off. I couldn't get out of bed and that's when I started taking medication."

Anyone concerned about the stigma of taking medication for depression should know that "it saved my life," she said.

When she began taking antidepressants, O'Donnell, 44, said she began yoga and "inversion therapy," where she hangs upside down by a swing for 15 to 30 minutes a day. She demonstrates it on "The View."

O'Donnell said she also has seasonal affective disorder, often called SAD, the wintertime blues that can strike when the days grow short. SAD is characterized by recurrent major depressive episodes during the fall and winter.

She's "instantly happy" on sunny days but feels as if she's being tortured when it's cloudy. She feels the most important thing to do when you're feeling depressed is to get up and move.

"Like in `The Wizard of Oz' the color goes out," she said. "That is what happens in depression. Everything gets gray."

Friday's episode of "The View" is devoted to women and depression. Actress Linda Dano, who was diagnosed with clinical depression after her husband and mother died within 10 days of each other two years ago, is a guest.

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[Mel1973]

no wonder she has shit for brains . bad a bum bum

[Mira]

Hell, she lives in NYC. She should try the Pacific NW. THIS is Seasonal-Affective-Disorderland.

But hanging upside down is great for your spine. I wish I had me a gravitational bar and gravity boots. I did it many years ago at the Chiro. - it feels fantastic.

[Raspberry gashes]

Hanging upside down helps mental state- i need to try that.

[FashionVictim]

Don't we all Rosie

[doriangray]

Originally Posted by StayYoung&Pretty

Hanging upside down helps mental state- i need to try that.

try starting with a shoulder stand. you'll be surprised how quickly you get up there and can stay up there for a long time. it feels great.


Yoga Journal : Poses : Inversions

[rover23]

Oh how I despise this woman .....she seems extremely passive aggressive and thinks her opinion are all that are relevant and takes offense to anyone with different opinion from hers. Oh and she seems to disagree with hostility. Too much self-absorbance I presume .....attention to Rosie, get back down to earth.

[darksithbunny]

No shit, Rosie. Please take your meds and get back to reality.

[crumpet]

I hate this self absorbed blowhard bitch.

[Bellatheball]

What would her "Cutie Patootie Tommy" say about this?

[Dean James]

^^

[curlysem]

can someone please take her away!

[cynic]

Originally Posted by Bellatheball

What would her "Cutie Patootie Tommy" say about this?

That's what caused her depression....she realized she was gay, then she realized he was gay.....then she realized she was ugly....and she's been tremendously pissed off ever since.....

[Cotjockey]

Rosie, doing her "inversion therapy" -

[Elisa]

Rosie's her own worst enemy. She brings so much aggravation on herself. She takes everything far too personally. I'm not the least bit surprised of the state she's in.