Washington
(ANI):
Canadian-American
actor
Jim
Carrey
is
writing
a
self-help
book
for
sufferers
of
depression
who
do
not
want
to
use
drugs
to
treat
the
condition.
Carrey,
who
had
himself
gone
through
years
of
depression
after
his
meteoric
rise
to
fame
in
the
1990s,
had
been
using
Prozac
and
other
medicinal
drugs
to
try
and
control
his
dark
thoughts.
The
46-year-old
actor
stated
that
trying
to
numb
the
pain
with
medication
was
not
the
way
to
get
rid
of
the
problem,
and
that
he
hopes
his
book
will
be
able
to
help
people
to
focus
on
what
is
causing
the
problem.
"I
dealt
with
depression
for
a
while
by
medicating
with
Prozac
and
although
it
was
good
for
dealing
with
the
problem
there
and
then,
I
wasn't
getting
to
the
bottom
of
my
anger
and
frustration," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
saying.
"I
think
we
have
a
real
problem
these
days
in
that
everything
is
treated
with
a
drug.
I
think
there's
a
whole
new
way
of
healing
depression
that
doesn't
require
drugs,
and
I'm
writing
a
book
about
it.
Who
better
than
a
comedian
to
talk
about
depression
right?"
he
added.