Given the significant number of people who have depression, it should come as no surprise that many celebrities too have mental wellness issues.

Dwayne Johnson

He’s one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors, but “The Rock” recently opened up about depression to the Express, a British newspaper. “Struggle and pain are real,” said Johnson, who saved his mother from a suicide attempt when he was 15.  “Depression never discriminates,” he tweeted later. “Took me a long time to realize it but the key is to not be afraid to open up. Especially us dudes tend to keep it in. You’re not alone.”

Lady Gaga

The pop star, whose hits include “Paparazzi” and “Poker Face,” says she’s dealt with both depression and anxiety her whole life. Gaga isn’t ashamed to admit she takes medication for depression. In an interview with Billboard magazine, she said she thinks it’s important for people to talk about their mental health. “If we share our stories and stick together, we’re stronger.”

Michael Phelps

The swimmer who won 28 Olympic medals said his first “depression spell” happened in 2004, but his lowest point came after the 2012 Games, according to CNN. Phelps said he sat alone in his bedroom for three to five days “not wanting to be alive,” and he knew he needed help. After he sought treatment and started talking about his feelings, he said “life became easy.” Now he understands that “it’s OK to not be OK.”

Bruce Springsteen

“The Boss” had bouts of depression in his 60s that “lasted for a long time,” he told CBS Sunday Morning. “It’s like this thing that engulfs you. I got to where I didn’t want to get out of bed.” He said it didn’t affect his work, and wife Patti Scialfa’s “strength and love” were key. “She’d say, ‘You’re going to be OK. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but it’s going to be all right.’” He also got help for the condition from therapy and medication.

Gwyneth Paltrow

This Academy Award-winning actress shined a light on postpartum depression when she opened up about her 5-month battle after the birth of her second child, Moses. “I felt like a zombie,” she told Good Housekeeping in 2011. “I couldn’t access my heart. I couldn’t access my emotions. I couldn’t connect.” She dealt with clinical depression, too, after her father died in 2002.

JK Rowling

The woman behind Harry Potter brought joy to millions, but admits she felt despair while writing the magical novels. Her dark moods even inspired her series’ soul-sucking creatures known as Dementors. “It’s so difficult to describe [depression] to someone who’s never been there, because it’s not sadness,” she told Oprah Winfrey in 2010. “But it’s that cold absence of feeling – that really hollowed-out feeling.”

Sheryl Crow

The nine-time Grammy-winning singer battled depression even before she faced down breast cancer and a benign brain tumour. “I have a strong sense of melancholy,” she told London’s The Telegraph in 2014. “I played piano at an early age out of a need to feel something.”

erform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.”

Information from: WebMD