Legendary actor and mental health advocate Glenn Close is on a quest to change how we think about mental health, starting with her decision to speak out about her own family’s struggles — a brave choice considering the stigma that pervades the topic. In a sweeping conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Close shares the inspiration behind the advocacy group she founded to combat the crisis, underscoring the transformative power of community and the critical need for comprehensive mental health care systems.
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@ghanisth1735
December 20, 2023 at 10:21 am
man i was waiting for someone to do this
@armyasifa1433
December 20, 2023 at 10:23 am
Hindi me video doubed karoo Bhai
@UnKnown-zs5ir
December 20, 2023 at 10:27 am
As a person with ADHD, this is the mission I was born with!
@msjarita
December 20, 2023 at 10:30 am
My adopted son, Aaron committed suicide August 2017 at 19 years old.
@luceromanjarrez349
December 20, 2023 at 10:44 am
😢 I’m so sorry for ur loss.
@msjarita
December 20, 2023 at 11:19 am
@@luceromanjarrez349
Thank you.
@bunglejoy3645
December 20, 2023 at 7:01 pm
Im so very very sorry❤
@msjarita
December 20, 2023 at 7:44 pm
@@bunglejoy3645
Thank you. I fought for his life. Finally my soul is at peace with his loss. It’s hard returning to church, after the ordeal, and but I have been pressing way to worship God. I will never forget him, never. I’m writing a book about my experiences with him. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia. We complained about the medications he was prescribed. He said the meds made him feel like a zombie in water.
@MyName-pl7zn
December 20, 2023 at 10:31 am
Glenn Close is one of the reasons I still believe in hope and change❤
@K4R3N
December 20, 2023 at 10:33 am
We are just emerging from the Dark Ages of mental health understanding. I believe so much human talent will be unlocked in the future generations if we continue this path together
@j_g9109
December 20, 2023 at 10:35 am
Wow, I had no idea that Glen Close was a mental health advocate. I really appreciate how dedicated and passionate she is about this even when she (asaik) doesn’t suffer from it herself.
Her admiration, love and deep care for her family members and even _strangers_ who suffer really touched my heart. It’s beautiful.
@dabrah70il
December 20, 2023 at 11:25 am
❤❤❤❤
@stephanazor8898
December 20, 2023 at 10:37 am
In a perfect world, mental health would be covered by public funds so that all who need it can get it, but that can also be deeply corrupted. So I guess the profit model to mental health will stand unless we can find a middle path somewhere.
@andrearenee7845
December 20, 2023 at 10:43 am
Attention is vital, but medication is NOT always the answer. Especially with those who have ADHD. It takes a village, and it takes many points of view to come to the table. Thank you so much Glenn for your big heart… It’s a life quest.
@msjarita
December 20, 2023 at 10:43 am
Aaron was found on the doorstep of a Church deceased. A woman at my church told him never to return to church. One week later he killed himself.
@harrypearle9781
December 20, 2023 at 10:49 am
Say Sorry, over and over, again???
I am working on this and I got a “Sorry” button, from ZanyToys for $12.
What about meditating on “Sorry” and similar ideas, over and over, again? Tnx Mch
@marilynsepich6324
December 20, 2023 at 10:49 am
When I got my master’s degree in Social Work I went to work in public mental health.
The people that I got to know were like everyone else.
What I came away with is that what was most appreciated is talking to someone who is not psychotic.
Assertive community treatment is fabulous for folks.
@KartsAndCoffee
December 20, 2023 at 10:55 am
We closed all of the mental institutions… now they’re just on the streets and making life worse for everyone.
People need help and everyone else should be protected from people dealing with mental health problems.
I know it’s an unpopular opinion but sometimes empathy can be more harmful than helpful.
@elvytan4682
December 20, 2023 at 12:34 pm
Mental illness, just like physical illness, has stages. People with mild mental health problems are treatable and of course, won’t cause much trouble for everyone. However, it’s the social stigma that could worsen their suffering.
@KartsAndCoffee
December 20, 2023 at 1:30 pm
@@elvytan4682 I’m talking about people with psychosis walking around cities defecting in the streets. While hard working citizens and their children have to walk around them.
It’s not cool.
@bunglejoy3645
December 20, 2023 at 7:21 pm
@@KartsAndCoffeeive never yet seen anything like that maybe those people are homeless but ive never seen anything like that in daylight hours and it’s not safe for anyone to be out in dodgy areas late at times when you might see that type of thing most mentally ill people are like you and I dignified respectful I have severe mental health isdues and never have put a foot wrong never will and has for defecating, even the worst mentally ill people have pride when it comes to those matters, most people wouldn’t know I had anything wrong eith me I keep my personal cares private as did the many serious mentslly ill ones I was in hospital with for 8 month, being treated right by people is what we crave ,so we wouldn’t do anything like that before uou say these things you need to have examples to back them up
@HealthZo
December 20, 2023 at 11:02 am
😊
@sojaf334
December 20, 2023 at 11:09 am
Dear Glenn, You are a kind human being and the best full-fledged and a gifted actress. I watch your movies more than once. First time watching the movie and second time just watching your amazing acting in the same movie. And today, in this Tedwomen program, I met another of your beautiful faces. I have this message for everyone. When you see someone disinterested and introverted, don’t get upset and don’t judge too soon. Maybe he’s/she’s at war with himself/herself and doesn’t know what’s going on in his/her brain/ mind. stop judging people. ❤
@wallis8888
December 20, 2023 at 11:21 am
Colossians 1:12-13
Giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins….
@curiousworld7912
December 20, 2023 at 11:28 am
I applaud Ms. Close, her family, and all those who work to better educate the public on the subject of mental illness. Fear and ignorance are only conquered through education and understanding. I wish her, her family, and all those suffering directly, or through association with mental suffering, a much better future.
@TipsWithFun
December 20, 2023 at 11:43 am
Great Work 👏
@dachicagoan8185
December 20, 2023 at 11:43 am
She will not be ignoooored
@thisisntallowed9560
December 20, 2023 at 12:41 pm
The irony of old people talking about today’s stigma about mental health, they clearly haven’t been on tiktok
@YourMom-cu8yt
December 20, 2023 at 1:24 pm
Unfortunately, getting help for mental health issues is still too dangerous in the United States. First there is the stigma obviously, but the less obvious is that you are put on a registry that can be used to incriminate you for offenses or even have your individual rights stripped from you, and you are also subjected to a variety of pharmaceutical drugs to treat whatever affliction that a doctor or therapist says that you’re suffering from which all have a variety of their own harmful side effects. I saved my own mother’s life from psychiatric medication, she was bedridden and couldn’t go outside or pay her bills because the prescribed drugs had crippled her with fear, self-doubt, and anxiety (and this is after being put through MANY of them to find the “right ones”). I was unable to save my sister from the sleeping meds they prescribed her. I also couldn’t save my brother (an opiate and pharmaceutical drug addict) from the 17 different prescriptions they gave him when he came out of rehab. These pharmaceutical companies and the doctors that operate as their agents of destruction have been murdering tens of millions of people with their “medical treatment” with impunity (just look at the Purdue Pharmaceutical’s case). My elderly mother is down to 1 blood pressure medication and 1 ADHD medication, and is living a much more functional and full life. There needs to be a more holistic approach to the foundations of mental illnesses that involves counseling, exercise, diet, job skills, education, and community relief. Once people start struggling we need to have a brake pedal we can put on the government/corporate pressure that sends our loved ones into an early grave. Mentally ill people can’t function normally and we need to have protections for them in place that stop the tax collectors, debtors, and HOA’s from trying to make them homeless and destitute; which just adds to their problems.
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December 20, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Healthcare for All
@greenthumb8266
December 20, 2023 at 5:21 pm
“Mental health” is a catch all for different maladies, nearly all of which are a “normal” response to a “sick” society. Don’t medicate the individuals who are sensitive to the dysfunction and corruption in our communities, fix the way we behave as communities and institutions! Corporations are NOT people , hold the people running them accountable, stop the corruption of “lobbyists” padding the pockets of our government representatives (they are supposed to be representing us not the wealthy corporations and institutions) Tax the churches and the wealthy elites and put the money into healthy community spaces with lots of free fruit trees and community gardens.
@greenthumb8266
December 20, 2023 at 5:26 pm
Doctors/scientists have never located “mental illnesses “ in the brain, they can’t point to a location and say there, there’s depression, there’s adhd, there’s insomnia. There needs to be a new approach to how we care for this , and not from big pharma.
@polanialmoni6274
December 21, 2023 at 12:50 am
Glenn is the beautiful part of humanity. Dealing with mental illness is not a shame!
@sophieaugustyn1800
December 21, 2023 at 1:27 am
I have PTSD, BPD, anxiety and depression. I lost all my friends. I have never told an employee because there is still stigma that lives on. The current mental health models to treat and help people need to change.
@kenadams5504
December 21, 2023 at 2:08 pm
Keto diets helped me with mental health .
@HappySlappii
December 22, 2023 at 7:02 pm
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@cl2791
December 23, 2023 at 1:31 am
‘The stigma of the disease can be worse than the disease itself’. So true.
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December 23, 2023 at 11:02 am
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