Her post is accompanied by a photo montage where we can see the singer very happy on stage on one side, and shouting her discomfort in her car on the other side.
His first words leave no doubt about his current state of health: “I am going through hell and I am experiencing terrible mood swings”.
The 33-year-old Belgian takes the time to comment on her photo: “On the left, that’s what I feel in a good moment. On the right, it is the state that has imposed itself on me more and more in recent months ”.
A cry from the heart that reminds us of what the singer has been going through for many years. She has suffered from depression since she was a teenager.
Selah Sue publishes on her networks “the most painful message of all time. But I feel like I have to share it.”
“After the release of my single ‘Pills’, I received thousands of reactions from people who identified with my antidepressant story. »
Four attempts in 14 years
“In the media, I expressed my hope that this time – my fourth attempt in 14 years – I could finally stop taking it,” she wrote. “If it didn’t work out, I would let people know. I feel like I owe everyone I gave a glimmer of hope a conclusion to the story. Or to follow up on it. »
For Selah Sue, “the first few months without antidepressants were wonderful”. “It was as if a bell jar had come off of me. I experienced everything 10 times more intensely and experienced unprecedented creative and emotional heights. The psychedelic way, sports and meditation helped to reinforce this feeling, so that I thought I was stronger than ever. »
The first few months without antidepressants were wonderful
But after about a semester without antidepressants, “darkness returned, totally out of the blue and for no apparent reason.” “I woke up with an inexplicable fear and was catapulted from heaven to hell in just a few weeks. »
At first, without antidepressants, the Belgian singer managed to bear the mental load thanks to meditation, jogging and psychedelics. But the discomfort returned, “it quickly became too big, too overwhelming, unbearable”.
“Restarting antidepressants was my only option. And again, like 14 years ago, I feel like it’s saving my life, ”describes Selah Sue.
I woke up with an inexplicable fear and was catapulted from heaven to hell in just a few weeks
Taking antidepressants – Day 25
Today is the 25th day since the singer went back to medication: “The overwhelming darkness is slowly starting to clear up, but the pain is still there. It’s a hellish intermediate stage but I know from experience that it will get better”.
Selah Sue regains hope “because for 14 years I led a happy life on medication”.
Today, she knows what she wants: “I would rather have a stable and somewhat flattened emotional life with pills, than a life with explosive highs and pill-free lows of despair”.
I’d rather have a stable, somewhat flattened emotional life with pills, than a life with explosive highs and pillless lows of despair.
Mother of two, Selah Sue thanks her family: “I was able to continue to fulfill my role as an artist and mother relatively well thanks to my incredible companion and everyone around me”. “Golden” people for her.
The Belgian artist concludes his long Facebook post by encouraging people to break the taboo of mental suffering: “To all those who are going through a difficult time: I am thinking of you. I understand you. I love you. It will get better, don’t lose hope.”
A declaration of rare sincerity.
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Selah Sue’s Depression-Battling Heart Cry: ‘I’m Going Through Hell’
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