Im being serious here.... just how many have some sort of mental health issues... Gemma, Steph, Danielli seem to need counselling of some sort , Ill admit I coudlnt be shut up with some of them for weeks myself, id go round the twist.. but its fame, recognition, and of course money to them to want to be in there..... The men seem to be holding it together much better.. without too many issues.. Tifanny is a player and knows what shes about, so no issues there... The ones who have escaped with their fees are the wise ones..

Most people have some sort of mental health issue.

Why do you want to try and diagnose these idiots? Do you think mental health is a good subject to take the piss out of?

No not at all.. Im being totally serious.. whether drug related or whatever theres something sadly lacking with some of these people or their better actors than I giave them credit for..

Do they

What I really wondered is if BB specifically chooses constestants with flaws for their own amusement.. we witnessed two grown women kicking a door recently... screaming to get out and then two hours later came back in... is that normal.

I don't think it's for us to judge
we can only go on media reports from their past
i'm looking at how they are in the house

nothing can be gained from speculating
Some of them have children, so I think it would be inappropriate

I don't think you are very well educated on what 'mental issues' actually are. Are you inferring some of them have a mental disorder which requires treatment or are you just saying that some of them have bad tempers occasionally??

Please leave the term 'mental' out of threads - it's not appropiate.

I think their children might be watching and wondering what is an act and what is real, as I dont know anyone in the real world who carries on like some are doing in there.. Whether the close proximity wears them all down, I dont know as I couldnt go in there for any amount of money... Some seemed to act normal though, Darren, Nancy, did fine.. so is it the diva in them or something else than causes the manic behaviour or are they just players in a game...

then it's not mental issues is it
You are talking about their behaviour generally, the arguments the short tempers the back stabbing
Same ol same ol , it's BB, happens every show !

I also don't think you understand the whole program. BB house is just a setting to deliberately create situations that are stressful and difficult for people. The aim is to see how the different personalities react to this at any given time. Of course you are going to see extreme behaviour - that's the whole point

Let's drop this thread now & let it go.

I think most of us have mental issues of some kind.

And I believe one of the reasons men have higher rates of suicide and breakdown is that they try to "hold it in" and therefore don't work through issues. Strangely enough the women are alctually rivalry the healthier ones as they are getting sold relief, tears and working through their emotions.

Yup. Eating disorders (too little, too much, constant dieting), drink, drugs, trust issues onwards basically if you don't think you have anything wrong with you mentally that you could improve that's not a good sign of your mental well being because you would obviously be an egomaniac...

Not sure about mental issues but they are undoubtedly all drama queens , that's why they are in showbiz . This situation plays to their strengths for drama , weeping, histrionics etc.
They are all niccisistic wannabes

Most seem to be and I agree, and narcissism comes under a mental health issue also...

Yeah I agree in its more extreme form narcissism is a classed as a mental disorder. Not sure any of them in there are suffering from that.

no not at all who does this seem like just one of the traits of narcissistic personalities..


Intimacy: Relationships largely superficial and exist to serve self-esteem regulation; mutuality constrained by little genuine interest in others' experiences and predominance of a need for personal gain

I seriously think Gemma has some deep rooted problems.
Cutting yourself deliberately to get attention isn't normal!
Maybe when she watches herself back when she comes out of the house - she may go and get help.

I agree. Showbiz does seem to attract more fragile egos and the need to be adored than the average job.

I would strongly disagree that 'most' people have mental health issues (I know it wasn't you who said that). I realise its more open and people talk about mental health a lot more than they did and that can only be a good thing but it's still not everyone who suffers.

These people really aren't representative of the public at large - thank God

I agree with you. Re showbiz attracting a particular type of person who from an early age are needy attention seekers who feed of adoration and adulation and in some people like Gemma any attention is better than none.

I've been googling previous CBB HM's, as I recall a few I felt were too fragile for the series. There are several I've felt uncomfortable watching, as they didn't seem able to cope with the stress:
Andrew Stone (series 9)
Paula Hamilton (series 11)
Lauren Harries (series 12)
Kavana (series 15)
Jeremy Jackson (series 15)
Gail Porter (series 16)
Daniella from this series.

IIRC Paddy Doherty's series was the first on Channel 5, which was series 8....interestingly, these are all housemates from Ch5.

PS - this is purely a personal opinion, I'm not a qualified shrink or owt!

Agreed.

It shows ignorance of what a mental health problem actually is.

A lot of BB and CBB partakers are what could be called highly-strung or self-centred or insecure or precious. They're used to being the centre of attention and having their own way so when they're put in such an unnatural situation they struggle to cope. This then leads to the awful behaviour that's seen so often.

no its not ignorance, I know two people who are bipolar, and did know an old neighbour who I had to end up taking care of who heard voices and lived in a past state... She had been put out of the institution where she had lived for over twenty years.. Shoved back into society with a job and left to fend for herself... I had a year and a half of being woke in the middle of the night to tell her the time through the letterbox.... She would constantly leave me notes of what she wanted done in her house as if I was her maid or nurse... I felt so sorry for her an watched her deteriorate as nlurses stopped coming to visit her or make sure about her medication.. I had to contact her doctor as she was becoming a danger to herself in many ways... so I have seen some poeople very close up and know what Im talking about... Im not a doctor and dont claim to know it all, and not an avid watcher of BB.. I only watched this time to see David who I love.... now Im done in watching the antics of these so called celebs and wont watch another if this is the type of people in the house... If they are pushed to the limits then shame on BB for allowing or coming up with the tasks to get them all fighting, its horrible......

Actually yes. To some lesser or greater degree, it's said 1 in 4 will suffer with mental health issues each year. It covers a very broad spectrum from mild depression to the more extreme.

And that's not even including people who will have experience with mental health issues, because they have a loved one who is living with one.

You've answered your own question.....the women

I would include Tiff. She was cursing like a docker at Steph yesterday

The men know how to play it cool...