Dove Cameron Shares Emotional Post About 'Struggling' with Depression & Dysphoria

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Dove Cameron is getting very candid about her struggles. On Wednesday (May 18), the 26-year-old singer and actress took to social media to share several photos of herself crying in a mirror while opening up about dealing with depression and dysphoria. Click inside to read more… “Identity vs the self !!!

depression & dysphoria. the self is someone i feel i have always deeply known, someone i deeply love and protect, like my own child, i know this self and we are very close,” Dove wrote on Instagram. “For me, identity and the self have always been diametrically opposed, and there has only ever been room for one at a time to occupy my life.” She continued, “I have never been able to make them hold hands, and i realize as i get older, its because i hold a deep seeded belief that who i am is wrong, i am not allowed to be just as i am, i am not meant to be here.

i feel i must be something else if i am going to be allowed to be here. and i really do wanna be here with you.” “More days than not, i feel pulled towards no identity at all, i feel most natural as something imperceivable to myself, an energy and a presence,” Dove wrote. “I don’t know if i will ever be able to live as this, if i will ever find a rhythm in this job where perception is one of the major cornerstones.

so far, the self and the identity seem to harm each other, in my personal experience. i’m feeling it out. and if you are too, we can do it together.