Ashley Tisdale was featured on Access Live on Monday, November 12th, and she discussed how depression and anxiety have influenced her highly anticipated new album, Symptoms. When asked why she decided to discuss her mental health struggles on her first album in nine years, Tisdale said, “I wanted to make someone at home feel less alone in their journey. It’s hard to be vulnerable. It’s scary, but I think that it’s important to share what I’ve been through, and say that I’m human and I go through those things too.”
Tisdale also described how she was inspired to get back into studio after reading a self-help book that talked about fear of failure and noticing the negative stigma around people suffering from depression. “Whenever I’m with my friends, it’s really easy to be like, ‘Who suffers from anxiety?’ and everyone will raise their hand,” she said. “But if you say ‘Who suffers from depression?’ no one will raise their hand because there’s a stigma around the word and I think we have to let go of that.”
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