International pop sensation Justin Bieber has often been in the limelight regarding his mental health battles. Amidst paparazzi clashes and rising concerns among his fans, he recently posted a statement on Instagram, giving a vulnerable account of his struggles with mental health. The ‘Baby’ singer expressed frustration at people’s expectation of him to ‘fix’ and ‘heal’ himself and admitted that his repeated attempts to that end had left him ‘tired and angry’.
Earlier this Monday, the thirty-one-year-old singer posted, “People keep telling me to heal. Don’t you think if I could have fixed myself, I would have already? I know I’m broken. I know I have anger issues. I tried to do the work my whole life to be like the people who told me I needed to be fixed like them. And it just keeps making me more tired and more angry.”
Justin Bieber further spoke about the toll his journey of self-improvement and mental health struggles was taking him as well as his reliance on Jesus to navigate them.
“The harder I try to grow, the more focussed on myself I am. Jesus is the only person who keeps me wanting to make my life about others because honestly, I’m exhausted with thinking about myself lately, aren’t you?”, Justin further added.
Check out the post here:
Earlier posts by Justin Bieber
Previously, on his Instagram stories, Justin Bieber had called out people for probing into his mental health, saying, “Quit asking me if I’m okay. Quit asking me how I’m doing. I don’t do that to you. Because I know how life is for all of us. It’s hard. Letss encourage our people, not project our insecurities onto one another. Your concern doesn’t come off as care. It’s just oppressive weirdo.”
The past several posts by the singer have included vulnerable remarks about how he’s feeling.
Justin Bieber’s spat with a friend
Prior to this post, Justin had shared screenshots of a text-exchange with an unnamed former-friend, which involved the friend accusing Justin of ‘lashing out’. In the texts, Justin could be seen getting angry at the accusation, with the conversation culminating in him terminating the friendship.
“I will never suppress my emotions for someone.”, Justin’s texts read. “Conflict is part of relationship. If you don’t like my anger you don’t like me. My anger is a response to pain I have been thru. Asking a traumatised person not to be traumatised is simply mean.”
The friend responded by saying “ I’m not used to someone lashing out at me. It’s not that I don’t see and feel your anger.”
At this point, Justin seemed to have had enough and proceeded to put an end to the friendship. He wrote, “Ouch. This friendship is officially over. I will never accept a man calling my anger lashing out. I enjoyed our short-lived relationship. I wasn’t kidding when I told u I didn’t need u as a friend. I have good friends who will respect these boundaries.”
The texts became more heated from there, including abusive language and a middle-finger emoji on Justin’s part before he blocked the friend.
Justin has been married to his wife, model and entrepreneur Hailey Bieber, since 2018 and the two share a son named Jack.