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WHAT’S WRONG WITH KANYE WEST?

Now Is Not the Time for Your Hot Takes About Kanye West’s Mental Health BY ABI TRAVIS anye’s mental health is a hugely personal topic that only Kanye, his doctors, and the people he chooses to share details with truly know about. That being said, Kanye has been somewhat public on occasion in regards to his mental health struggles, so we do know some details. K Back in 2016, Kanye was persuaded by authorities to check into the UCLA Medical Center after suffering from hallucinations and paranoia. This initial episode was described as temporary psychosis, likely caused by dehydration and sleep deprivation due to his incredibly busy schedule. He had to abruptly cancel 21 concerts of his Life of Pablo tour while he was hospitalized. In a 2018 interview with TMZ, Kanye said that two days before he checked into the hospital

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he was “addicted to opioids,” which had been prescribed to him after he got liposuction. In a 2019 episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Kanye candidly spoke about some parts of his mental health experience. He said that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and spoke about what it’s like for him when he has, as he put it, an “episode.” its okay not to be okay when kanye will survive each other.

“Everyone — this is my experience, other people have different experiences — everyone now is an actor. Everything’s a conspiracy. You feel the government is putting chips in your head. You feel you’re being recorded. You feel all these things.” According to the DSM-5, bipolar disorder is typically marked by extreme fluctuations in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function. Someone who has bipolar disorder may experience manic or depressive episodes (and, in some Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit prae-

BASICALLY IT WAS “KANYE STILL SURVIVE”

ABOUT HIS BIPOLAR MENTAL HEALTH

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FFollowing Kanye’s recent tweets, sev eral people stepped forward to point out that more than speculation or vilification, what a person experiencing mental health struggles really needs is empathy and understanding (as well as professional advice from doctors, where applicable). Our thoughts are with Kanye and his friends and family at this time Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, cons ectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit prae-

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