Watch: Paris Hilton Shares How Kids Phoenix and London Are "Like Twins"Paris Hilton is getting real about her mental health. While discussing the challenges of growing up with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Paris shared insight into her experience with RSD-a condition called rejection sensitive dysphoria often linked to ADHD. "It's basically like any thought of a negative perception-if you think someone is being rude, or you feel something-you will feel it like it's physical pain," Paris said during an appearance on Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick's podcast The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Show. "And it's not even like real, it's like a demon in your mind that is saying negative self talk to you." In other words, RSD can cause individuals to feel "severe emotional pain because of a failure or feeling rejected," according to the Cleveland Clinic. For the Simple Life star, she shared she would feel things on "such a deep level" that it was sometimes "so painful." Paris also detailed how, while she was growing up, ADHD was framed as "something little boys have," making it so she felt "always confused."readParis Hilton Shares How Kids Phoenix and London Are "Like Twins""In school, it was so difficult for me," she recalled. "As hard as I would study, I could never remember anything. I was always failing my tests. I was just always in detention, getting in trouble." But Paris has spent years educating herself on ADHD and RSD, so when she does have painful moments, she now knows "it's not real." As Paris explained, "It's just the RSD kicking in."Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock"There's so much to learn," she continued. "I'm obsessed with learning more about it and spreading the message, because I want people to know that it doesn't have to be something that holds them back in life. It could be something that they can harness as a superpower to really go for their dreams in life." And indeed, the 44-year-old-who shares kids Phoenix, 3, and London, 2, with husband Carter Reum-has come to recognize the ways in which her ADHD and RSD have helped her on her road to success.
Matt Baron/BEI/ShutterstockBack then, everyone always only said the negative parts about it," the "Stars Are Blind" singer said, "and that's why I really wanted to reframe it: I see it as my superpower. I wouldn't be the entrepreneur I am today without it, it gives me like this drive and always being in the future." For more stars who have opened up about their journeys with mental health, read on. Franklin Sheard/Fad Media Group/ShutterstockGucci ManeThe rapper (real name Radric Davis) revealed in his October 2025 book Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which prompted a mental health episode in 2020. "After that, I was like, 'Man, I got to really just hold myself accountable and take care of my health,'" he said on an episode of The Breakfast Club. "I don't never want to have an episode again. I'm gonna see a therapist, [even] if I have to take medicine." In addition to his hope that his vulnerability would help others in need, Gucci Mane said that his kids Ice Davis and Iceland Ka'oir Davis with wife Keyshia Ka'Oir inspired him to seek help amid his episode. "My wife was pregnant with my little boy," he continued. "I don't want to raise a family and then my mental health [is] gone. What if I have an episode I can't come back from? So, I just started doing the work and started seeking help."Sansho Scott/BFA.com/ShutterstockPenn BadgleyThe Gossip Girl alum detailed his experience as a child actor with what he described as "body dysmorphia." "I know that I hated my body," Penn told The Guardian in April 2025, "and simply wanted a different one." In response to the weight he gained following his parents' divorce, he added, "There was just a period where, coming out of depression and isolation, I was jumping wilfully into, but also being thrust into, this world where the more conventionally beautiful I seemed, the more successful I might be, the more value I might have." Despite the mental struggles, though, Penn credited his ability to persist to his spirituality. "That is what allowed me to persevere through the disillusionment, all the things I'd been grappling with," he explained, "and then come back to it all, but with hopefully some kind of inner transformation." John Salangsang/ShutterstockEliza CoupeThe Scrubs alum has been vocal about her past difficult relationship with food. "Some may call it an eating disorder, I just call it my life," she said on the The Funny Thing Is podcast. "My drug of choice was always food. I did crazy s--t with it." She added, "I would over-exercise, and there was a sprinkle of bulimia in there." Though she has confessed her struggles with her diet, she has also shared her progress with her health and fitness goals. "When I was 23, I cut all sugar out of my diet, quit drinking, and found yoga and breathing and stretching," she to