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In this week’s PEOPLE cover story, Mariah Carey opens up about her years- long battle with bipolar disorder — and what she’s now doing to get the help that she needs. Despite living “in denial” for years, following her 2001 bipolar II diagnosis, Carey tells PEOPLE
Carey says she spent many years in the spotlight suffering in silence but is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder , which READ MORE: Mariah Carey ’s ex-husband Tommy Mottola says she needs to fire her team. “For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder ,” Carey says.
© Photo: Chelsea Lauren/REX/Shutterstock. Refinery29 In an interview with People, Mariah Carey revealed that she has been struggling with bipolar disorder for years.
Though Carey says that she was first diagnosed with the mood disorder in 2001, she didn't seek treatment until last year, after going through a few particularly difficult years.
"Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me," she told People. "It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply couldn’t do that anymore. I sought and received treatment, I put positive people around me and I got back to doing what I love — writing songs and making music."
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It's a generally-held belief that once you go to therapy or counselling, you'll be able to sort out your issues with a therapist, who will give you a diagnosis and begin treating you accordingly. Matt Lundquist, LCSW, a psychotherapist based in New York City, says that while therapy has traditionally taken a medicinal approach — in which doctors diagnose a patient and then go about using medicine to treat that diagnosis — some therapists opt to work on a non-diagnostic approach, where they look at a patient's health beyond a specific set of symptoms tied to an illness.
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Carey says she spent many years in the spotlight suffering in silence but is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder , which READ MORE: Mariah Carey ’s ex-husband Tommy Mottola says she needs to fire her team. “For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder ,” Carey says.
It's unsurprising that Carey says she was in denial about her mental health diagnosis. Although we've made progress in decreasing stigma around more common mental health problems like depressionand anxiety, we still don't talk about illnesses like bipolar disorder as often, which makes it more difficult to ask for help.
And, the fact that there's more than one type of bipolar disorder makes it more complicated to talk about. But, beyond the stigma, Matt Lundquist, LCSW, a psychotherapist based in New York City, says that bipolar, especially the bipolar II disorder that Carey says she suffers from, is a particularly under-diagnosed disorder, because it can be difficult to pin down.
Of the two main subsets of bipolar disorder, bipolar II may be more subtle and more difficult to diagnose. While bipolar I is characterised by more obvious episodes, symptoms of bipolar II might be easier to miss or dismiss. For example, someone who has bipolar II may have symptoms like mood swings, increased energy, and decreased need for sleep (Carey herself said that she initially thought she had a sleep disorder); symptoms that are easier to dismiss than manic episodes, which Lundquist says are usually severe enough to put someone in the hospital.
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She is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder “For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder ,” continues Carey , now back in the studio working on an album due later this year. Mariah Carey Fans Support Singer on Social Media After Revealing Bipolar Disorder Battle.
"Bipolar I includes very clear manic episodes that are hard to miss, whereas bipolar II doesn’t necessarily have that," says Sally Winston, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. "It takes longer to be diagnosed with bipolar II because the lack of the signature extreme mania makes it difficult."
Bipolar II is where there’s an experience of ups and downs, but there’s a greater amount of the lows.
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Not only that, Lundquist says that bipolar II is commonly misdiagnosed as depression because those who have it might experience more of the downsides of mood swings.
"With bipolar I, there is an inconsistency in terms of mood that is typically comprised of especially high highs and especially low lows," he says. "Bipolar II is where there’s an experience of ups and downs, but there’s a greater amount of the lows."
And, Dr. Winston says that bipolar is usually diagnosed by looking at patterns in a person's life, and their mental health history, rather than by looking at any first impression symptoms — which might be another reason it takes longer to be diagnosed and treated.
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Mariah Carey is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar disorder after years of living in denial. Administrator — April 11, 2018. (Cover) – EN Showbiz – Mariah Carey has sensationally revealed her long -running battle with bipolar disorder .
Carey says she spent many years in the spotlight suffering in silence but is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder , which READ MORE: Mariah Carey ’s ex-husband Tommy Mottola says she needs to fire her team. “For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder ,” Carey says.
"You have to look longitudinally at their history, so you can see the [symptoms] over time," she says. "Some people might just seem like chronically productive people-persons, and just always doing wonderful stuff, and then they have their first depressive episode in their 40s and suddenly their history becomes more clear."
Once it's diagnosed, however, Dr. Winston says that there are effective treatments no matter when you get diagnosed. Usually, treatment will include mood stabiliser medication as well adhering to a routine.
"With bipolar of both types, regularity is important," Lundquist says. "Everyone, even if you don’t have bipolar, can understand the importance of routine in your life. If you travel, have a chaotic weekend, or miss a meal, it has implications. For folks with bipolar, there’s increased sensitivity to those routines being disrupted."
Carey, for her part, once she decided to get help, was able to get therapy and medication, and told People that she's "in a really good place right now." Her frank discussion of what she went through is a huge step toward taking away the shame that comes with discussing mental illness and will hopefully inspire others to seek help if they need it.
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Photo: Neilson Barnard (Getty Images). After years of suffering in silence, Mariah Carey has opened up for the first time about her experiences with bipolar disorder . It took her more than a decade to seek treatment, and Carey revealed that “until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear
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As she told People, "I’m hopeful we can get to a place where the stigma is lifted from people going through anything alone. It can be incredibly isolating. It does not have to define you and I refuse to allow it to define me or control me.”
Celebs who have spoken out about mental health (GES)
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Mariah Carey
In an interview with People in April 2018, the singer revealed her struggle with bipolar disorder and why she hid it for so long. "Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me," she said.
First diagnosed in 2001, when she was hospitalized for a mental breakdown, she spoke about her recovery. "It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply couldn’t do that anymore. I sought and received treatment, I put positive people around me and I got back to doing what I love — writing songs and making music."
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Mariah Carey , Nick Cannon, Moroccan Cannon, Monroe Cannon. Carey , who shares twins with ex husband Nick Cannon, is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder . I wish more people would stop being in denial and get help ..
“For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder ,” continues Carey , now back in the studio working on an album due later this year. Mariah Carey Diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder : What to Know. Busy Philipps Says Courteney Cox Convinced Her to Get Help For Anxiety.
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Dwayne Johnson
The actor opened up about his battle with depression as a teen in April 2018. “Depression never discriminates. Took me a long time to realize it but the key is to not be afraid to open up. Especially us dudes have a tendency to keep it in. You’re not alone,” he wrote to his Twitter followers.
Mariah Carey no longer 'in denial' over bipolar disorder
Mariah Carey has said she is no longer living in "denial and isolation" after being treated for bipolar disorder. The singer has told celebrity magazine People that she "didn't want to believe it" when she was diagnosed in 2001 after receiving hospital treatment for a physical and mental breakdown.She said: "Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me. It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply couldn't do that anymore.
Mariah Carey covers the new issue of People Magazine, and it ’s because she’s opening up about being bipolar . I feel for her. Bipolar Disorder is such a tough condition to get ahold of sometimes. Glad she is getting help .
In this week’s PEOPLE cover story, Mariah Carey reveals for the first time her battle with bipolar disorder . She is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder , which involves periods of “For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder ,” continues Carey , now back in
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Emma Stone
The Oscar-winning star spoke about problems she suffered as a child during an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in 2017. “I was a very, very, very anxious child and I had a lot of panic attacks,” she said.
She told another publication that it got worse. "At a certain point, I couldn’t go to friends’ houses anymore – I could barely get out the door to school." She benefited from therapy and youth theater sessions. "You have to be present in improv, and that’s the antithesis of anxiety."
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Gillian Anderson
In therapy since she was 14, Anderson suffered from several mental health problems, including anxiety. “There were times when it was really bad,” she revealed to The Guardian. “There have been times in my life where I haven’t wanted to leave the house.”
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Kristen Bell
"I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. My mom sat me down when I was about 18 and told me 'there's a serotonin imbalance in our family line and it can often be passed from female to female," the actress revealed during a 2016 interview.
Her genetic predisposition made her open up and start a dialog about mental health. "I got on a prescription when I was a teenager and I'm still on it today and I have no shame in that," said Bell.
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Selena Gomez
Recognizing the need for time to rest and recuperate, both physically and mentally, Selena Gomez took a break in 2017. That was the year she discovered she had lupus – a chronic autoimmune disease.
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"I've discovered that anxiety, panic attacks, and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges,” she told People magazine. "I need to face this head on to ensure I am doing everything possible to be my best. I know I am not alone by sharing this, I hope others will be encouraged to address their own issues," she added.
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Bella Hadid
Appearing on her mother's show "Making a Model with Yolanda Hadid," the younger Hadid sister said she suffered from social anxiety.
"I would literally start crying and shaking if I had to do interviews at red carpet events. It was really nerve-racking and it’s scary...," she said. She eventually overcame it. “It gets a lot better once you have to talk to people every day. Then you’re like, 'Okay, I guess it’s my job, I have to do it!'."
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Shawn Mendes
According to a radio interview, the pop star started suffering from anxiety attacks in 2017. "I knew people who had suffered from anxiety and found it kind of hard to understand, but then when it hits you, you’re like, 'Oh my God, what is this? This is crazy.'," he said.
He wrote his single, "In My Blood" talking about his struggle and as part of his recovery. "Every time I play that song for someone, I go, 'Just so you know, I’m okay. Don’t worry about me, I promise, I’m okay'."
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Gina Rodriguez
The chirpy "Jane The Virgin" star shared an Instagram clip in 2017, sans makeup and in casual clothes, talking about her anxiety.
"And watching this clip I could see how anxious I was but I empathize with myself. I wanted to protect her and tell her it’s ok to be anxious, there is nothing different or strange about having anxiety and I will prevail."
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Chrissy Teigen
In a personal interview with Glamour magazine in 2017, Teigen spoke about postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter Luna in 2016.
"Getting out of bed to get to set on time was painful... I would go two days without a bite of food... Most days were spent on the exact same spot on the couch...," she revealed. "Postpartum does not discriminate. I couldn’t control it. And that’s part of the reason it took me so long to speak up: I felt selfish, icky, and weird saying aloud that I’m struggling. Sometimes I still do," she added.
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Kendall Jenner
Kendall Jenner’s struggle with anxiety problems came out on the show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” She revealed that her work as a model and extensive traveling were also triggers.
"There’s a lot that happened this past year, starting with like, Kim’s robbery," said Kendall. “Then I got robbed, and I had my stalkers. That’s why I don’t really like going out anymore. That’s why I don’t tweet, that’s why I don’t Instagram. That gives me anxiety, too."
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Robbie Williams
The English singer-songwriter spoke about his struggles with depression in an interview with Sunday Times in September 2017. He admitted, "This job is really bad for my health. It's going to kill me. Unless I view it in a different way... The more c***y and arrogant I look onstage, the more terrified I am... I don't know if I'd be this mentally ill without fame. I don't think it would be as gross or as powerful if it hadn't have been for fame. You get a magnifying glass in the shape of the world's attention and your defects will obviously magnify too."
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Amanda Seyfried
In the November 2016 issue of Allure magazine, the actress admitted to taking anti-depressants since an early age. She noted, "I'm on Lexapro, and I'll never get off of it. I've been on it since I was 19, so 11 years. I'm on the lowest dose... A mental illness is a thing that people case in a different category [from other illnesses], but I don't think it is. It should be taken as seriously as anything else." She also mentioned about being in therapy in 2015.
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Lady Gaga
In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, the singer-songwriter admitted she took medication to deal with her sudden rise to stardom. She said: “I needed a moment to stabilize. When my career took off, I don’t remember anything at all. It’s like I’m traumatized. I needed time to re-calibrate my soul.” The singer feels she is in a much better space now. In 2014, she had told Harper’s Bazaar that 2013 had been a rough year for her. "I was angry, cynical, and had this deep sadness like an anchor dragging everywhere I go. I just didn't feel like fighting anymore," she had said.
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Drew Barrymore
The actress revealed that she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child in 2014 – Frankie. Her older daughter Olive was born in 2012. Speaking to People magazine, the actress said: "I didn't have postpartum the first time so I didn't understand it because I was like, 'I feel great!' ... The second time, I was like, 'Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand.' It's a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud."
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Cara Delevingne
The model-turned-actress spoke about how, from an early age, she suffered from bouts of depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies. Speaking at the 2015 Women in the World Summit, she said, "I was completely suicidal, I didn't want to live anymore. I thought that I was completely alone. I also realized how lucky I was, and what a wonderful family and wonderful friends I had, but that didn't matter. I wanted the world to swallow me up, and nothing seemed better to me than death."
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Hayden Panettiere
The actress had checked into a treatment center to seek professional help for postpartum depression. The “Heroes” actress, who is engaged to professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko, gave birth to daughter Kaya Evdokia in December 2014 and has been quite vocal about her struggle with postpartum depression. During an appearance on a TV show she said, “It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.”
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Robin Williams
The legendary Hollywood comedian, who passed away on Aug. 11, 2014, at the age of 63, was open about his long-standing battle with drugs and alcohol abuse, saying in 2010: “It’s just literally being afraid. And you think, oh, [the alcohol] will ease the fear. And it doesn’t.”
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
In April 2011, the actress spoke about her struggle with bipolar disorder. “If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it... There is no shame in seeking help.”
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Owen Wilson
Wilson has not spoken publicly about his hospitalization after an apparent suicide attempt in 2007, but in 2005 he told Rolling Stone: “I've started to notice that, as you get older, mental health is as fragile as physical health... You can really get sideswiped by stuff like depression.”
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Gwyneth Paltrow
In 2011 Paltrow revealed that she struggled after the birth of her son: “I couldn't access my emotions. I thought postpartum depression meant you were sobbing every single day and incapable of looking after a child, but there are different shades and depths of it.”
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Winona Ryder
In 2009, Ryder told Elle UK that she'd had an “extra-large breakdown” when she was 20. “Everybody else just thought I had everything in the world... but inside I was completely lost.”
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Heath Ledger
There was much speculation after Ledger's death in 2008 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, but in interviews, Heath only spoke about insomnia. In 2007 he said: “Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.”
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Matthew Perry
In 2013, Perry spoke about his struggle with depression, alcohol and prescription drug abuse. “I was a sick guy... I think I was pretty good at hiding it, but... eventually people were aware.”
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Demi Lovato
After spending time at a clinic in 2010, Lovato revealed she had been treated for anorexia, bulimia and bipolar disorder. “There were times when I was so manic, I was writing seven songs in one night and I'd be up until 5.30 in the morning.”
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Ellen DeGeneres
The talk show host said that after her sitcom was cancelled in 1998, “Everything that I ever feared happened to me... I just went into this deep, deep depression”.
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Stephen Fry
Fry has been open about his struggles with depression. “It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest and best things you will ever do.”
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Russell Brand
In his autobiography "My Booky Wook," Brand wrote: “I know that I have dramatically changing moods, and I know sometimes I feel really depressed, but I think that's just life.”
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Diana, Princess of Wales
Speaking to the BBC in 1995, Diana said, “I was unwell with post-natal depression, which no one ever discusses... You'd wake up in the morning feeling you didn't want to get out of bed, you felt misunderstood, and just very, very low in yourself.”
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Jon Hamm
In 2010, Hamm said medication had helped him in his battle with depression. “You can change your brain chemistry enough to think: ‘I want to get up in the morning; I don't want to sleep until four in the afternoon.'"
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Amy Winehouse
In 2007, Winehouse told Rolling Stone, “I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.” The singer died in 2011 of accidental alcohol poisoning.
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JK Rowling
The "Harry Potter" author said in 2000: “Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced... It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope.”
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Jane Seymour
Seymour described her depression in 2005: “I always think of life like a giant wave... It's just magnificent, and then it crashes. And for a lot of people, when it crashes, that's the end, and they go down the deep, dark hole of depression.”
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Sarah Silverman
In her memoir "The Bedwetter," Silverman wrote: “It happened as fast as a cloud covering the sun... As quickly and casually as someone catches the flu, I caught depression.”
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Ashley Judd
Judd has spoken about going to rehab in 2006 when she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired... I looked really good on the outside but I had a lot of anxiety and insomnia.”
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Brooke Shields
Shields wrote about her experiences in her 2005 book "Down Came the Rain: My Journey through Postpartum Depression." She advised: “Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window - or break down a door.”
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Rosie O'Donnell
O'Donnell told "Good Morning America": “The dark cloud that arrived in my childhood did not leave until I was 37 and started taking medication. The grey has gone away. I am living in bright technicolor.”
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Shah Rukh Khan
The Indian actor spoke of his depression in 2010: “Due to the shoulder injury and the suffering I had got into a depression mode but now I am out of it. I feel happy and boosted with energy.”
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Deepika Padukone
The actress opened up about her struggle with depression. "There were days when I would feel okay, but at times, within a day, there was a roller-coaster of feelings. Finally, I accepted my condition," Padukone told an Indian daily.
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Mariah Carey no longer 'in denial' over bipolar disorder .
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