Celebs Who Have Been Open About Living With Mental Health Conditions

Publish date: 2024-04-01

Miley Cyrus is known for sharing much of her personal life — good and bad — with fans. One of her more difficult experiences has been living with depression, which she spoke about in a 2014 cover story for Elle. "I went through a time where I was really depressed," she told the magazine. "Like, I locked myself in my room and my dad had to break my door down."

Cyrus went on to explain that fame is a double-edged sword when it comes to opening up about mental health, because, on the one hand, it gives her a platform to help others, but, on the other, people might see her as "being ungrateful" for the privileges she has. "There's not much that I'm closed off about, and the universe gave me all that so I could help people feel like they don't have to be something they're not or feel like they have to fake happy," she said. "There's nothing worse than being fake happy."

The singer and actress has also never hidden the fact that she has, at times, turned to alcohol and drugs, but told Variety in June 2020 that she was "sober sober" and had sought professional help. "By understanding the past, we understand the present and the future much more clearly," she said. "I think therapy is great," though Cyrus later told Rolling Stone that she briefly "fell off" the sobriety wagon during the pandemic.

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