Mariah Carey Shares Her Journey Of Battle With Bipolar Disorder!

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In Huntington, New York, on March 27, 1969, Mariah Carey was born. As a nod to the song “They Call the Wind Maria,” from the 1951 Broadway production of Paint Your Wagon, she was named Maria. Patricia (née Hickey) and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of African-American and black Venezuelan-American ancestry, had three children, the youngest of whom is she. Her Venezuelan grandpa, Francisco Nez, assumed the last name Carey when he moved to the United States.  As a result of marrying a black guy, Patricia was shunned by her family. Racism hampered the Careys’ integration into their neighborhood. Neighbors poisoned the family dog and set fire to their vehicle when they were living in Huntington. After her parents divorced, Carey had minimal contact with her father and her mother worked a variety of jobs to help the family financially. At the tender age of three, Carey started mimicking her mother’s rendition of Verdi’s opera Rigoletto in Italian, which she learned through listening to her mother perform it. His daughter Alison went home with their father; Mariah and Morgan stayed with their mother.

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I felt I had a sleep issue for a long time,” Carey said. “But this wasn’t your average case of sleeplessness, and I wasn’t sitting in bed counting sheep. I was angry and always worried that I would disappoint others since I was working nonstop and not taking breaks. It turns out that I was suffering from a sort of mania at the time.. A brick wall would eventually come into view. Low energy was a common symptom of my depression. I’d be all alone and depressed, and I’d feel bad about not doing what was best for my profession.”

It was because of this that she chose to go public with her illness, she said “I’m simply at a point in my life where I feel confident enough to open up about my battle with bipolar II disease. There is a stigma attached to individuals going through things on their own, and I believe we can overcome that. It might be quite solitary at times. It doesn’t have to define you, and I refuse to let it define or dominate me.” A decade after being diagnosed with bipolar illness, singer Mariah Carey finally sought therapy after “the worst couple of years I’ve lived through,” according to an interview with People magazine. “Until recently, I lived in denial and loneliness, always afraid that someone would expose me,” Carey said. “Because it was so heavy, I was unable to bear it any longer. As a result of seeking and receiving therapy, as well as surrounding myself with supportive friends and family, I was able to return to doing what I love: composing and recording music.” Currently, Carey is in counseling and taking medicine to treat her mental health problem.

“I’m really taking a drug that seems to be working well. Nothing about it makes me feel drowsy or sluggish. The most essential thing is to find a balance “she said to People. “For a long time, I felt I had a serious sleep condition,” Carey remarked. “Even though it wasn’t usual insomnia, and I wasn’t laying in bed and counting sheep. I was irritated and paranoid about disappointing others since I was working non-stop. I was in fact suffering from a sort of madness, according to my own admission. I always felt that I was going to run into a brick wall at some point in my studies. Low energy was a common symptom of my depression. I would be so depressed and lonely, and even feel guilty that I wasn’t doing what I needed to be doing for my profession.”

In her own words, “I didn’t want to carry around the stigma of a lifelong condition that would define me and perhaps terminate my career,” she said. “I was terrified of losing everything,” she explains. There had been “denial and seclusion and continual worry someone would expose me,” Ms. Carey said. She came out only when the weight became too big to bear. For bipolar II illness, a condition that may produce significant mood swings and other symptoms, she is in treatment and taking medication. People magazine refused to clarify how the interview came about, stating only that Ms. Carey had trusted Mr. Cagle to share her tale. They declined to elaborate. A representative for Mariah Carey did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Tommy Mottola, the head of CBS Records at the time, approached Ms. Carey as a teenager in the late 1980s and convinced her to become a pop star. Her rise to stardom was accelerated by the label’s support, and she felt the weight of that strain from the outset.

She put in a lot of time in the studio to record her breakthrough single, “Mariah Carey,” and was nominated for four Grammys that year. She took home two honors that year, including the one for a best new artist. Her third album, 1993’s “Music Box,” was likewise a huge commercial success. Billboard had already named her the decade’s best musician in 2000.

It was because of this that she chose to go public, she stated “I’m simply at a point in my life where I’m able to openly disclose my problems with bipolar II disease. I’m hoping that we will one day be able to remove the stigma from folks who have to deal with things on their own. It has the potential to be quite isolating. It does not have to define you, and I will not allow it to do so.” This time period saw the release of “We Belong Together” and “Touch My Body,” two of her biggest hits. Many reviewers had shifted their attention away from Ms. Carey’s music to her public presence and live appearances. For her botched lip-syncing performance on ABC’s “Dick Clarks New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” in Times Square in 2017, she was highly derided.

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The announcement of Ms. Carey’s mental health condition followed similar disclosures by other celebrities. Chrissy Teigen penned an article for Glamour last year on her experience with postpartum depression, while Selena Gomez spoke to Vogue about her anxiety and depression difficulties.