psychology
Mariah Carey is a renowned American singer, song-writer and producer born March 27, 1970 in New York. She started her professional music career at the age of eighteen and holds the record for most number one debuts. In 2001 Carey was put under psychiatric care for what her handlers say was physical and emotional slump. She bounced back after the ordeal and in 2005 she realesed best-selling album in America. The pop star reveals to People magazine that she has been battling bipolar II, which is the less severe of the condition. The condition is characterized by mood cycling and shifts between high and low overtime, but Carey’s bipolar II does not reach the full-blown level. Anyone who has this type of condition goes through at least one hypomanic incident.
Mariah Carey’s bipolar condition started back in 2001 when she was 31 years old but she lived in denial for almost twenty years until 2019 when she talks to People magazine. She has been living in denial and because she has been afraid of societal stigma, Mariah did not attend any form of therapy until recently and she is taking her medication. She does not reveal whether she has supporters but says she is at a very good place in life at the moment.
Bipolar is a chronic lifelong condition that is characterized by change in moods from high to a sad and hopeless level, and back again and a near normal mood in between. A person who has this condition suffers from depression and which then goes back to normal and finally a state of mania which is characterized by a person feeling more alive, awake, excited, but agitation, impulsive, and distraction are a stone throw away. The client, in this case Mariah Carey may spend a lot of time composing songs and producing. People suffering from this condition may also suffer insomnia, but they are not in bed tossing, but working all the time.
Client confidentiality is essential, and psychotherapists should not neither share data with family members nor other psychotherapists, unless the patient gives the consent. The only exception should be when the doctor feels that the patient should be committed to a treatment facility. The doctor should not have a personal relationship with the client such as sexual interactions or having beer with the patient.
Keeping her condition a secret for almost twenty years without causing a major incident while still releasing best-selling album, Mariah had a positive impact in the music industry and the people around her. Her condition was not problematic to her peers on a large scale except for an incident in 2016 when she believes that Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston are attending a dinner party with her and it leads to her hospitalization. Although she separates from the father to her twins Nick Cannon, they maintain a good co-parenting relationship. It is not out in public whether her condition causes the divorce. The prevalence on movies and shows may seem to be higher than in real life. We can attribute this prevalence to the need by producers and directors of these shows to sensitive the public on the existence of these mental illnesses and how we can help the people suffering from any of these conditions. When we meet celebrities who depict mentally ill people in television shows it might not be amusing because we may feel like they are mocking people who go through this stressful ordeal. But in real sense, I feel these celebrities are trying to sensitive the public on existence of these conditions and sensitizing people against stigma.