The Life And Death Of Marilyn Monroe's Drug Abuse

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Marilyn Monroe’s life was ruined by her drug addiction, depression and anxiety caused by past lovers and media attention. Most of her life she abused drugs. Broken relationships and an unhealthy childhood probably led to her drug abuse. Monroe depending on drugs, having many overdoses, and her life becoming more public were symtoms of how drugs changed her life. Was her death suicide? Was her death murder? To this day, Monroe 's death is still unknown, but what we do know that her death was an overdose.
Monroe’s birth name was Norma Jeane Mortenson, born on June 1, 1926. Monroe was born, lived, and died in California, moved town to town every once in awhile as an adult but as a child she was moved almost once a year. Due to her mother 's mental
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She had a rough childhood and triadic relationships, had no family after her mom wasn’t able to take care of her. Monroe took medication for both depression and anxiety. People with bad past suffer from depression and/or anxiety. Depression is a sad and gloominess feeling. It makes people feel in a low place. Sometime people get depression when you don 't talk or work out you problems, when people ignore themselves. Marilyn didn 't usually get to do things her way in the marriages mostly with her marriage with Joe DiMaggio, he always wanted her to do things how her wanted them to be. Anxiety make people feel worried about what may happen, usually what 's going to happen in hours/days/weeks. An eager but often useasy to desire is a huge symptom. Most people that have depression have anxiety. Anxiety and depression do not coexist well. She also suffered from insomnia and many health problems. Monroe’s health required lots of medications after a while her body created an …show more content…
“ She developed a dependence to alcohol and other drugs, and in 1959, those addictions started to affect her health greatly,” explained Womens Sober Living. Marilyn always had something going wrong in her life, one thing to another. Website, Oh Marilyn, stated “Marilyn Monroe might be one of the most iconic, impersonated women in the world, yet an inside look at her additions would make anyone want to stop and realize the danger behind drugs and alcohol use. Especially when they’re used as a replacement or solution for recovering from emotional effects of a rough upbringing and life disappointments.” She stressing over a lot of things and she had prescribed medication that her doctor recommended and then she started taking more and more doses until she had

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