Are "celebrities" more credible when discussing mental health?

The classification of a celebrity these days seems very loose. If you get paid to promote, wear, eat a specific product on social media, then you're a celebrity.

Spend time in prison, then appear on a reality, (and I use that term very loosely) TV show and you're a celebrity.

Appear on any Reality TV show and you're a celebrity.

Now some of these people are open and up front about just wanting to be famous for however a short a period of time, and I say good luck to them.

The ones that shit me to tears, are the ones who appear on our screens, social media outlets and then have the nerve to lecture the wider community about whatever agenda they have.

Why should we listen to them?

Have they contributed anything worthwhile to the world?

To me a celebrity is someone, who for whatever reason, be it sport, entertainment, arts etc has achieved some credible recognition in their chosen field.

So this brings me to my topic.

Are "celebrities" more credible when discussing mental health?

Is it because they are known? Listen to some celebrities and they complain about the media, how hard their life is because of all the pressures.

Are their problems greater than the everyday person?

Here's what I say to them....Get out of the industry if it's that bad. Actors read scripts and perform a role. Sports people, kick, throw, hit a ball or whatever else they do. If it's all too hard then get out.

There's a whole industry of therapists you can go to, but if it's truly is affecting your mental health and you can't cope then get out, it's just not worth it.

I'd rather hear from a real person who has dealt with trauma, and how they have dealt with their mental health issues than someone who believes, for whatever delusional reason they might think, that they are a celebrity.