I'm Listening: Haven Madison on Navigating the Music Industry

Haven Madison talks about mental health in the Hard Rock Artist Lounge. Brought to you by BetterHelp.

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00:00Do you feel like now because you're in this industry and you're pushing out so much content

00:06all the time, which is really like wonderful content, do you feel like you're so much more

00:11tethered to your phone now?

00:13And if so, how does that affect your mental health?

00:17That's such a great question.

00:19I definitely think it's a different time and age when we're told to post one video a day

00:24and it puts a lot of pressure on me sometimes to feel like I need to look pretty and do

00:27something right and have the trending video.

00:30And I also feel like it tends to get me in my head about numbers quite often.

00:35But I just try to find peace in knowing that I know who I am and my friends know who I

00:39am and the people who really, really matter know who I am.

00:44And I try to be real and raw with everything.

00:46I've posted some really embarrassing stuff, honestly.

00:48It's good.

00:49It's like got brought up.

00:50The interviews are like, oh, you post it in a face mask.

00:52I'm like, did I really?

00:53Yeah.

00:54Yeah.

00:55But no, I love it so much.

00:56I just want to keep being a real person.

00:57One of my favorite compliments, actually, is when I'm on a live and somebody is like,

01:01it feels like I'm on FaceTime with you.

01:03I'm like, that's what I want.

01:05Love that.

01:06Absolutely.

01:07That connection with your fans.

01:08Priceless.

01:09Do you feel like there's any misconception when it comes to mental health or therapy

01:14that's, you know, worth addressing?

01:17I think truly, I think that it's become a place where we love romanticizing mental health

01:23in a way.

01:24I have anxiety and I have depression and everybody's like, yeah, we're with you.

01:28And then when you say I go to therapy or I'm medicated, everybody's like, hold on.

01:32Yeah.

01:33So, yeah, I think we could get better about being honest about solutions.

01:37I hate when I talk to people about therapy or medicine and they're like, I don't want

01:40to rely on that to make me happy.

01:43I kind of like to say that I'm going to set this down for a second.

01:46It's like this.

01:47Everybody else is here.

01:50And if you're here because of a mental illness, it's OK if you have to go to therapy or take

01:54medicine to be level with everybody else.