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American pop-star, Mariah Carey has revealed that she suffers from bipolar disorder and has entered treatment.
Mariah says that for years she didn’t want to believe her diagnosis, but now the superstar singer is proud to share, which she unveiled through a new People magazine cover.
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“Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me,” she said.
“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.”
Mariah said she was first diagnosed in 2001 when she was hospitalized following a breakdown.
Mariah told the publication she is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder, which involves periods of depression as well as hypomania.
“It’s not making me feel too tired or sluggish or anything like that,” the singer said. “Finding the proper balance is what is most important.”
On Wednesday, Mariah tweeted the cover image of her story in People.
“I’m grateful to be sharing this part of my journey with you,” she wrote in the tweet.
Mariah Carey, who is in her late 40’s divorced from actor Nick Cannon and shares 6-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with him.
She decided to go public saying, “just in a really good place right now, where I’m comfortable discussing my struggles with bipolar II disorder.”
“I’m hopeful we can get to a place where the stigma is lifted from people going through anything alone,” Carey said.
“It can be incredibly isolating. It does not have to define you and I refuse to allow it to define me or control me.”