Stress that comes with the job of being a celebrity can affect their mental and emotional health. Celebrities these days are sometimes hard to figure out, they could be going through mental and emotional problems and we wouldn 't even know it unless some tabloid or paparazzi find out. Some celebrities these days seem to be happy and content with their lives because they achieved what they always wanted in life. Other celebrities even though they seem happy, in their mind they could be going through some problems. There are many celebrities going through tough times right now, and not just about money. Mental and emotional health problems are mainly brought on by stress from fame. Stress is the main factor that can easily trigger mental and
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Lovato was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was eleven. Lovato had been battling not only this disease but also bulimia for years and with the added stress of her newfound fame on Disney. She believed she had a certain image to maintain, and having dealt with weight problems in the past, that added more stress to her mental illness. Lovato herself stated that she would take on workloads and believed she could do it, but thanks to her mental and emotional state when she couldn 't do it, she would spiral into a deep depression and push everyone else away. At eleven years old Lovato started cutting herself. She said back then “it was a way of expressing by own shame, of myself, on my own body.” The emotional state she was in was damaged and it couldn’t give her a way out. Lovato said that her emotions would be so built up at times, and she wouldn’t know what to do, but use cutting as an immediate release of her stress. This technique stuck with Lovato throughout her teen days, and while on tour in 2010 with the Jonas Brothers, including her ex Joe Jonas, Demi switched back to eating as her coping mechanism. Demi said,” I was literally so emotionally whacked out that I took it out of someone who really meant a lot to me." During her Camp, Rock 2 Tour, Lovato due to her mental illness punched her backup dancer and friend, Alex Welch. After that, her family pulled her aside and said she needs
Lovato was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was eleven. Lovato had been battling not only this disease but also bulimia for years and with the added stress of her newfound fame on Disney. She believed she had a certain image to maintain, and having dealt with weight problems in the past, that added more stress to her mental illness. Lovato herself stated that she would take on workloads and believed she could do it, but thanks to her mental and emotional state when she couldn 't do it, she would spiral into a deep depression and push everyone else away. At eleven years old Lovato started cutting herself. She said back then “it was a way of expressing by own shame, of myself, on my own body.” The emotional state she was in was damaged and it couldn’t give her a way out. Lovato said that her emotions would be so built up at times, and she wouldn’t know what to do, but use cutting as an immediate release of her stress. This technique stuck with Lovato throughout her teen days, and while on tour in 2010 with the Jonas Brothers, including her ex Joe Jonas, Demi switched back to eating as her coping mechanism. Demi said,” I was literally so emotionally whacked out that I took it out of someone who really meant a lot to me." During her Camp, Rock 2 Tour, Lovato due to her mental illness punched her backup dancer and friend, Alex Welch. After that, her family pulled her aside and said she needs