Anything, but Ordinary

When Los Angeles Attorney, Fred Horowitz was looking into building the Chateau Marmot, he hired Arnold A Weitzman and William Douglas Lee as the architects. The architecture for the Chateau Marmont was inspired by the Chateau d’Amboise in the Loire Valley, France. The Chateau was to be built on the northwest side of Sunset Boulevard and Marmont Lane in West Hollywood. It was to be constructed with an earthquake proof combination of concrete and reinforced steel. On the outsid

When you think of Hollywood, what comes to mind? Palm trees, the weather, celebrities, but what if I told that Hollywood has a completely different side, a different personality. Among the houses with the views and the million-dollar cars and the endless amount of movies and TV shows that are constantly being made, there is a dark side to the town we all come to know and love. Being in Hollywood may be the place where you hope to find fame and fortune. A place where there are

Childhood trauma can be a trigger for celebrities. As they get older and understand what happened to them as a child can make them want to forget so they use and drink to make those memories go away and it’s hard for them to stop. They blame their experience for their addiction and not get the help they need to overcome the trauma. Being a celebrity and playing different characters helps them deal because they get to be someone other than themselves. They had a script to hide

Mental health could be something that can be passed down from parents. People use drugs as a way to self-medicate. People don’t know how to deal with their diagnosis because they don’t want to believe that there is something wrong. They are undiagnosed or are ashamed to go seek so they turn to drugs to help them cope. Drugs can also affect your physical health. People rely on drugs for fuel, and it takes a toll on your body. It can make you lose weight to dangerous levels. Yo

There are rumours and speculations on Matthew Perry’s past about not respecting women and I have some thoughts about the whole thing. Since his passing, I’ve gained more respect for Matthew and how open and honest he was about his struggles with addiction. He wanted to help people and be remembered for it. In recent news, there’s been speculation that he was emotionally, verbally, and physically abusive towards women, in which I don’t believe that he would do that. It’s also

Matthew Perry wanted to help people. He wanted to spend the rest of his life wanting people to get the help that they need to overcome their addiction. If someone came up to him and asked him for help, he would drop everything and do it. The Matthew Perry Foundation was set up after we lost Matthew. Its mission is to “help others struggling with the disease of addiction.” Matthew wanted to make a difference. I know just talking about having an addiction is the first step. I

It feels like we had Matthew Perry as a friend. We spend hours watching him and laughing with him. It felt like we knew him personally or at least had a Chandler in our lives. Knowing that he struggled with addiction throughout the run of the show, it doesn’t make it any easier to see such a talented person go through what he did. Matthew was very open about his struggles with addiction, and he hoped that it would encourage and inspire others to get help and to have hope. Ev

When someone with PTSD self-isolates, they are feeling overwhelmed and unsafe in groups. They feel misunderstood, abandoned and alone. They become uninterested in being in groups even when it's friends and family, people they know they can trust. They are not getting social interaction due to not wanting to be around people. If the person is already an introvert, self-isolation may be something they’ve already been doing, but if it’s something they don’t normally do then it's

There are many ways someone can get PTSD. It can happen at any time to anyone. It’s not to be mistaken as shell shock, which appeared in soldiers who had experiences in war. With PTSD, its more wide ranging. Anything be the reason behind someone’s PTSD, anything could be a trigger. Both shell shock and PTSD can be the same thing, they are different in regards of someone’s past and what they’ve experienced, but not everyone that as experienced a tragic or traumatic event may n

There is a stigma about talking about mental health and mental illness. People don’t want to admit that they are struggling. They want to either deal with it privately or pretend that they don’t have anything wrong. The less people know, the better. In recent weeks, I was inspired by Ben Lawson, and I want to be able to do what I can to help people with mental health and mental health issues. Since I’ve learnt that Ben has complex PTSD, I wanted to learn more about it and be