Ariana Grande posts quotes about depression after saying performing is ‘hell’
Ariana Grande has spoken about depression on social media, days after saying she did not think touring is good for her mental health and feels “empty”.
The “Thank U, Next” singer posted a series of black-and-white photos of actor Jim Carrey to her Instagram story.
She said she was a dedicated fan of the Ace Ventura star, having used his name as her AOL instant message username when she was “in like fourth grade”, before quoting the Ace Ventura star on depression.
“Depression is your body saying, ‘I don’t want to be this character anymore’,” she wrote. “‘I don’t want to hold up this avatar that you’ve created in the world. It’s too much for me’.”
The quote goes on to encourage others to rethink the meaning of the word “depressed” by associating it with “deep rest”.
It adds: “Your body needs to be depressed. It needs deep rest from the character that you’ve been trying to play.”
The singer also referred to Carrey as “the whole LOML [love of my life] forever”.
Grande’s posts come days after she told fans on Twitter that she was struggling with her mental wellbeing.
i just feel empty and i wanna have more to say / better energy to give to u and rn i don’t have anything. love u. 🖤💻
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande)
The singer, who recently performed at Coachella and is currently on her Sweetener world tour, shared the insight in response to a fan who said: “Music is your therapy and I love seeing it heal you.”
The 25-year-old responded in a now-deleted tweet: “Making it is healing. Performing it is like reliving it all over again and it is hell.”
Grande also informed her 62 million followers she wished she could give her fans more energy.
In another tweet, she said: “I just feel empty and I wanna have more to say / better energy to give to u and rn I don’t have anything. love u [sic]”.
Grande, whose ex-boyfriend Mac Miller died in September, ended her engagement with Pete Davidson in October last year.
The singer has previously spoken out about her mental health struggles in the aftermath of the Manchester bombing, which occurred during one of her concerts in May 2017.
If you have been affected by any issues mentioned in this article, you can contact The Samaritans for free on 116 123 or any of the following mental health organisations mind.org.uk, nhs.uk/livewell/mentalhealth, mentalhealth.org.uk, samaritans.org, anxietyuk.org.uk
