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edge-oftheworld · 3 months ago

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one thing I love about following celebrities/artists who are honest and proactive about their mental health struggles etc is I can’t count the number of times someone I know is going through something and I’m like ‘I’ve got a song for u’ and how much of my life involves telling myself ‘if [redacted] can do something/get better/etc then so can i’ (and having actual real evidence of it in front of me) and I can’t understate how much I appreciate these things.

but at the same time it involves a whole lot of watching people I care about suffer and you learn to read the signs and infer between the lines in songs and interviews, and yes we can never fully know what they don’t share with us, but when they do share things it’s not a big stretch to be like ‘this seems like it’s what life is like for you and I have taken encouragement from it but you deserve so much better’. and it’s easy to find ways to get angry at a predatory industry and realise things that could be hurtful if you’re already fragile.

and we can advocate for some things and help ourselves and the people around us feel better but it’s hard to meaningfully reach your faves as an individual. and there are things we can’t say on the internet in too much detail, speculation becomes the harmful kind of gossip, and so sometimes it’s a whole lot of internally saying ‘you’re doing incredibly well to have gotten to where you are but I wish for your sake things would get better faster’

#curse and catch 22 (not the song)#I didn’t mean to make this so anonymous as a post but maybe. it’s applicable to a lot of artists. I don’t know #just thinking about how sometimes someone will say something and it’s like ‘oh honey’ if you can see. why they might be saying it #like a glimpse into the top of an iceberg that makes a lot of sense to be there given other things they do and talk about #I feel like we’re in a unique position as a fandom with the way all four of them have been so vulnerable in different ways #and they may not be perfect but imo no one deserves to suffer like that especially for an extended amount of time. but the thing is #sometimes the fans are suffering and so are our faves and people appreciate the relatability and don’t have any basic compassion #or ability to see past their own struggles. with this fandom especially compared to a lot of others I’ve been in and I think I know why #but in the end the way I see it we’ve gotten so much relatable content and encouragement (bc the Finding The Positives Vibes which are ther #and sometimes there’s nothing we can give back apart from being a part of systemic change which all of us deserve for ourselves too #idk if this band is unique in this or I just find them more relatable personally and thus easier to see how hard they’ve worked #on themselves and taking risks in order to be honest. and it reminds me of the quote about how suffering won’t make your art better #healing will. and so imo anyone whose art is really good when they are going through a lot has me thinking. imagine what it’d be like #when life isn’t so hard for you?? or when you’re getting better but it just takes a long time I’m like. you deserve to feel better faster #this all said I’m incredibly proud and I’m not trying to insinuate there’s anything catastrophic going on bc there absolutely isnt #I am not in any way worried. I’ve seen tragedies about to happen and these guys show none of the signs. but I do relate to a lot of tidbits #pertaining to. certain chronic mental illnesses and/or being neurodivergent in an unaccommodating world (don’t ask which)#things I would anticipate would be a lot harder when there’s hordes of often fickle occasionally predatory fans to contend with #sometimes I just think of this idk #celebrities are people #5 seconds of summer #5sos #5sos fandom #cw mental health things

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