Stupid comment by Tom Cruise about people suffering from depression?

Well damn, I wish someone would have told me earlier I was just possessed by the devil. I'd have gone and got an exorcism instead of taking these pills. Thanks Tom!

From what I have seen lately Tom could use a tranquilizer or two. His love of his chosen religion is a perfectly lovely thing. His zealot behavior is straight up creepy. Tom.. Step away from the Kool-aid.

I vaguely remember Tom Cruise also going through a bout of depression. Being that I have never been through it first-hand, or know anyone that had been through it in real life, I do know one online friend who had bad experiences. I know this friend who owned a get-paid-to site was getting depressed, & was put on anti-depressants. Keep in mind that no one knew about this, except for him & his immediate family. I had known him as a nice guy who always cared, & never got mad at someone who negatively criticized. He used to take the time to actually get to what that criticizer was going off about, & somehow, made it a positive experience for himself & the other person. It was strange in that this guy suddenly changed. On his site, it seemed that he was barking back at members, & was constantly getting uncharacteristically frustrated, & getting rid of different things on his site that people ended up complaining about. After a while, the site was no longer a paid-to site. While it wasn't all that great for me in that aspect, it did end up giving me a nice boost in my downline at the site I used to be an admin at. Eventually, the entire site was gone. Jumping a couple of years later, the site came back with a new look & feel. Same owner though. We all seemed happy, & he had some story to tell. His wife took the kids & left & divorced him. He was optimistic that they were going to return, & he & she were going to get engaged, & hopefully, re-married. Then he explained what had happened. He was getting depressed, & didn't know why. He was prescribed anti-depressants, & trusting the doctor, took them as prescribed. The thing he did not know were the side effects & things like that. Even though he didn't give the name of the anti-depressant, he did explain that what they did was make him not feel depressed by making him not feel anything. That took away his sensitivity to his membership, friends, family ... He stopped taking them, & he seemed that he was no longer feeling depressed. I think he would probably agree with Tom Cruise. From what I heard, depression is usually the result of some kind of chemical imbalance in the human system. Not sure what to make about that "possessed by the devil" line.

I think Tom Cruise is crazy, I think he has been brainwashed for a start and with his silly behaviour he will end up ruining his career, he is starting to even crazy...

Wow i have to agree that was a very stupid statement.Thats stupid,people who are depressed are not posessed by the devil,how silly...Depression can be caused by many things,like lifes situations,clincial depression,all kinds of different..Maybe one day MR Cruise will have to eat those words..some day we all suffer from some form of depression,except of course Tom Cruise...Lol...Now if he would have said child molesters,or mass murders i might agree,but depression?I don't think so...

well i did not read that comment, this is the first time that i am hearing that. i know that most people that have such an extreme comment on a subject, usually fear that problem. maybe he suffers from depression and he feels weak, i do not know. but yes it is an idiotic comment. about the devil..i really do not know what went up in his head. but about people that suffer from depression not needing antidepressants. well, it all depend what level of depression you have. there are alote of people that support this saying and use sports as an natural antidepressants.

tom cruise is only a movie actor, not a doctor or psychologist, so why care what the heck the guy says. and the devil bit, thats another idiot talking nonsense.You want help for depression you turn to your doctor for help not to some lame brain actor or other idiot. Why do americansobess over movie star crap when they know these people are not bona fide doctors? they are just human beings like the rest of us with their own biases and ignorances. Look to the medical field if you need medical help.

Complete idiots! Some people do need antidepressants, because they are chemically imbalanced and that can be what causes some of the depression. I also believe that some people are more prone to it than others, if you have poor coping skills it's even easier to succumb to depression because you feel you will never get your head above water so what's the use in trying. Obviously not everything can be helped with medication, and in some cases it causes more harm than good. For many people it can be a combination, but it can also include things like a move (geographical distance from a bad situation), new friends (people who don't know your past), education, a new or different career, beginning or ending a relationship etc. Possessed by the devil?! People who SAY things like this must be possessed by the devil, only somebody that crazy would pop out with a crazy comment like that. People need filters and tact, I swear!

What a Idiot! This disorder is something you have no control over . You can not pop out of depression. As for the devil sometimes I feel that way but now I know its my hormones. People should not talk about a subject they know nothing about. So ignorant!