So what, Billy Holiday only had an octave and a half.

Interesting but not surprising that such ignorance and lack of sympathy regarding mental illness has been expressed on this thread. The consensus for some being, that Mariah Carey somehow deserves her health problems and that if she wasn't such an "ambitious bitch" or of such "low moral character" or a "willing participant in the star maker machine" or if she had "chosen a field more suitable to her talent" or hadn't had "problems with her relationships with men" that she might not be in her predicament and that her behavior is the cause of her current apparent mental health problems.

Nice try, but just as believing that by taking the right vitamin or eating the right vegetable might somehow bestow you with some protection from cancer, thinking that "upstanding behavior" or ability to make "correct lifestyle choices" will buy you "good karma" and make you immune to mental illness, is a bit of a crock as well.

The short of it is that, the woman appears to be ill and as any human being, is deserving of compassion and care, not pity and ridicule.

Would the same attitude have applied if the woman had come down with MS or Cancer?

Rich or poor, intolerable stress can beset anyone and it is ironic that an illness or disorder is socially less acceptable if "it is all in your head" rather than "all in your pancreas".

Perhaps a visit here or or here might be enlightening for some.