She admits to extreme depression and bipolar disorder. I ‘ll bet she has other psychotic diagnoses but she doesn’t want to admit them . She was hospitalized for seven weeks sometime around 2006, and I’ll bet she’s been rehospitalized since then. Yesterday she truly sounded like a paranoid schizophrenic in a manic mood swing. Of course, she blames all her problems on her mother.
She tried to run against Mitch McConnell a few years ago, flamed out epically within about 60 days. She’s just too d@mn crazy, even when she’s on her meds.
You are correct... there is less of a stigma about “severe depression” than other psychotic disorders so we are told only about that part of their difficulties. The entire Judd family is nuts and Ashley’s recent obnoxious behavior just puts it front and center once again. At least her mother has had the sense to stay out of the public eye during her most acute difficulties. As you say Ashley appeared to be completely off her rocker.
I really enjoyed the movie Simon Birch which Ashley was in. But in the future I intend to avoid any movie who includes her in the cast. If we all let our feelings about this type of thing be known to the studios they might put pressure on their stars to tone it down.