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  • Ariana Grande Among The Dozens Of Celebs Helping To End Mental Health Stigma

    Ariana Grande Among The Dozens Of Celebs Helping To End Mental Health Stigma

    People magazine has given props to Ariana Grande and 45 other celebs who have opened up about their mental health.

    The stigma surrounding mental health is being dismantled as people go public with their own struggles, including celebrities who have used their platform for advocacy. To celebrate, People put together a list of big names who have come forward.

    Among the celebrities mentioned was pop star Ariana Grande, who has struggled with PTSD and anxiety after a bombing attack at one of her performances in Manchester, UK.

    “I think a lot of people have anxiety, especially right now,” Grande said. “My anxiety has anxiety… I’ve always had anxiety. I’ve never really spoken about it because I thought everyone had it, but when I got home from tour it was the most severe I think it’s ever been.”

    The pop star provided fans with an update on her mental health in a now-deleted Instagram post.

    “I feel everything very intensely,” she wrote, “and have committed to doing this tour during a time in my life when I’m still processing a lot… so sometimes I cry a lot!”

    Kid Cudi Opens Up

    Singer, rapper and actor Kid Cudi was also featured, having spoken before about being “ashamed” to discuss his mental health

    “I was really good at keeping my troubles hidden… even from my friends,” Cudi said on Red Table Talk. “I really was good with that. And it’s scary because you hear people say, ‘I had no clue.’ I really went out of my way to keep what I was going through hidden because I was ashamed.”

    Riverdale actress Lili Reinhart made the list too, once announcing that she was seeking treatment for depression in a February Instagram post.

    “Friendly reminder for anyone who needs to hear it. Therapy is never something to feel ashamed of. Everyone can benefit from seeing a therapist. Doesn’t matter how old or ‘proud’ you’re trying to be,” she wrote. “We are all human. And we all struggle. Don’t suffer in silence. Don’t feel embarrassed to ask for help. I’m 22. I have anxiety and depression And today I started therapy again.”

    The Royals Lead The Way

    Even Prince Harry was recognized, having made big strides in the UK as he spoke openly about his depression and advocated for mental health.

    “We were all beginning to grasp that mental fitness was an issue worth talking about, for every one of us,” he said in a speech. “And while just talking doesn’t cure all ills, we are now shattering the silence that was a real barrier to progress. People are now really talking about their own well-being and how to help those around us.”

    Many more made the list as advocacy for mental health continues to gain traction, including Janet Jackson, singer Camila Cabello, and comedian Pete Davidson.

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Justin Bieber Reveals Mental Health Struggles

    Justin Bieber Reveals Mental Health Struggles

    The recently married pop star took to Instagram to get candid about his mental health with fans.

    In an Instagram post on March 10, Justin Bieber told the world that’s he’s experiencing disconnection and feeling “weird.”

    Bieber posted on Instagram that he wanted to update his fans on what he’s been going through. “Been struggling a lot. Just feeling super disconnected and weird. I always bounce back so I’m not worried…just wanted to reach out and ask you guys to pray for me. God is faithful and ur prayers really work thanks.. the most human season I’ve ever been in facing my stuff head on…”

    Teen Vogue reported that the comment section of Instagram shows Justin’s fans came through with prayers and support. One fan shared that they also experience depression, and: “Love you always and I hope you can find a way to feel better and more like yourself again.” Another Belieber (the fond nickname for the pop star’s fans) told the singer, “We all believe in you!”

    Justin has used social media in the past to connect with fans and discuss his mental health. In 2016, he posted that participating in a lot of meet and greets contributed to his depression.

    “The pressure of meeting people’s expectations of what I’m supposed to be is so much for me to handle and a lot on my shoulders,” he wrote at the time. “I end up feeling so drained and filled with so much of other people’s spiritual energy that I end up so drained and unhappy.”

    Justin’s ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez has also struggled publicly with mental health issues. Selena Gomez and Julia Michaels released a song called “Anxiety” that Selena shared was personal to her.

    Justin and those who work for him claim that his current struggles have “nothing to do with Hailey,” but in a recent couple’s interview with Vogue, Hailey and Justin called their marriage “very hard.”

    They discussed the strain of being married so young and their struggle to get over things like their initial breakup, and Justin’s past, faster life with random sex and drugs.

    The Vogue journalist wrote, “It is impossible not to feel, in Justin’s presence, that he is still recovering from something—the fame whose price was his childhood, the mortification of a thousand magnified adolescent peccadilloes, an accumulated uncertainty about the attentions of those in his orbit—and these scars crowd the surface like his innumerable tattoos.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Paramore's Hayley Williams Talks Mental Health, Social Media Break

    Paramore's Hayley Williams Talks Mental Health, Social Media Break

    Paramore’s Hayley Williams opened up about mental health in a candid Instagram post.

    Hayley Williams is taking a break from social media. The lead singer of Paramore announced Saturday that she will be focusing on her side project, Good Dye Young, a line of vegan and cruelty-free hair products, in lieu of posting on Instagram and Twitter.

    “Hey friends. It’s holiday season… but I’m working a lot from home,” she said in a lengthy collage-style message on Instagram. “There’s… a lot… going on. It’s exciting and it’s also a lot.”

    While she is taking “another extended break” from social media, she will be managing Good Dye Young’s social media accounts, she assured fans.

    “I am careful not to sensationalize issues around mental health as it’s such a sensitive and very layered conversation for every individual,” she continued in her Instagram post.

    Williams confessed that she “could never fully admit to nor bring myself to go get a true diagnosis for my own issues until recently.”

    “I’m working really hard on getting strong for myself. I am so grateful to people who have kept this conversation safe and sacred for me in the last couple of years.”

    With the release of the album After Laughter in the spring of 2017, after a dry spell since 2013, Williams revealed that her mental health had suffered for a while as a young artist in the public eye.

    “I don’t feel as hopeful as I did as a teenager. For the first time in my life, there wasn’t a pinhole of light at the end of the tunnel. I thought, I just wish everything would stop,” she said in a Fader interview.

    But with the release of After Laughter, Williams said she’s moving on from feeling hopeless. “[After Laughter] helps me mark this time as a significant turning point in my life. I’m noticing similar movement in my friends’ lives too,” she said in Paper Magazine earlier this year. “More presence and awareness. More tenderness. I’m alive to both pain and joy now. I have my old laugh back, as my mom says… And only a couple years ago, I had hoped I’d die.”

    Williams urged fans to take mental health seriously. “It’s important to do what you can to find a solution that works for you. Be it therapy, medication, fighting the tendency to isolate and asking people you trust to keep you accountable,” she said in her recent Instagram post.

    The singer-songwriter said that she’s done feeling “okay” and ventured to want more for herself. “I know it is very popular to say ‘it’s okay to not be okay,’ but please give me the grace to admit that as I am quickly approaching 30 I am just not okay with not being okay anymore,” she said. “I am interested in living out a much more fulfilling life than just ‘okay’ could ever offer. I think that you are worth more than ‘okay’ has to offer too.”

    “Please take care of yourselves and try to believe that you are worth more than just ‘okay’ or ‘been better’ or ‘can’t complain.’ I think we are all worth experiencing joy. We are worth feeling hope.”

    View the original article at thefix.com