admin It’s no secret that the younger people are more forthcoming about mental health. A 2015 study conducted by American University found that millennials are more likely to talk about mental health, as well as to be accepting of others who struggle with it, compared with their parents or grandparents. And in the years since that study was published, this openness has found a place in the spotlight, as leading in talents in pop culture have spoken out about their own experiences.
From Billie Eilish’s raw transparency to Selena Gomez’s career-encompassing commitment to the cause to Cara Delevingne’s candor around her newfound sobriety, here are some of the stars raising awareness and reducing stigma around mental health.
Billie Eilish
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Since bursting onto the scene in 2017, Billie Eilish has emerged as a fierce mental health advocate. As well as exploring her internal struggles via her music, the experimental pop singer has also been refreshingly candid in interviews, speaking about her struggles with depression, body dysmorphia, and more. “Depression has controlled sort of like everything in my life,” she told Zane Lowe during an interview on Apple Music’s Beats 1. “For my whole life, I’ve kind of always been a melancholy person.” This sensibility is reflected in much of her art, and most recently in her song “What Was I Made For,” written with brother Finneas O’Connell for the Barbie movie. As she matures, Eilish continues to reckon with a sense of melancholy, as well as the darker sides of fame. When asked about unending exposure during a recent interview with Allure, Eilish shared a characteristically honest take. “I’m starting to do better, but I’ve not been doing so great, to be honest. For a while. I have impending-doom feelings most of the day. When I think too much about it, how I can never have privacy again, it’s enough to make you want to do all sorts of crazy things. But you have to let it go.”
Selena Gomez
