Carrie Fisher, then and now

Some people don't even get the excuse of hard drinking and barbituates.

 

A photo comparison showing how hot Carrie Fisher used to be that doesn't involve slave Leia's metal bikini? Disappointed, I am.

 

Fisher did a segment of her "Wishful Drinking" show on Broadway on being hot when she was young (and when people are supposed to be hot) and now. It was hysterical, as was the whole show.

She's led one helluva life.

 

I was expected a metal bikini photo when I saw the title of this thread, also, but she looks sexy as hell in the "then" photo Smasher posted.

 

I don't think hell looks very sexy.

 

Old is the least of her issues.

 

Young Uecker looks like the Will from Glee.

 

Has SportsJournalists.com aged well?

 

She's been very open about her struggles:

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/10/04/im_pretty_sane_about_my_insanity/?page=1

She laughs and flutters her eyelids, which are painted with glittery eye-shadow. Fisher is excited and exhausted. But she's happy to be here, she says, and credits ECT - electroconvulsive therapy, otherwise known as electric shock treatments.

She just had a round a month before her Hartford engagement.

"Electric shock therapy," she says, leaning in, as if telling a secret. "If there's a depression that you are having that you can't get through easily . . . It was [expletive] fantastic."

What does Electroconvulsive Therapy do?

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/electroconvulsive-therapy/MY00129

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure in which electric currents are passed through the brain, deliberately triggering a brief seizure. This seems to cause changes in brain chemistry that can alleviate symptoms of certain mental illnesses. Yet 70 years after it was first introduced, electoconvulsive therapy remains controversial.

Much of the stigma attached to electroconvulsive therapy is based on early, brutal treatments in which high doses of electricity were administered without anesthesia, leading to memory loss and death.

Electroconvulsive therapy is quite different today. Although electroconvulsive therapy can still cause side effects and complications, it now uses precisely calculated electrical currents administered in a controlled setting to achieve the most benefit with the fewest possible risks.

 

ECT seems insane, but it works. Nobody really understands why even after all these years.

 

True.

 

This thread won't age well.