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Justin shares a pic of himself crying on social media/Photo credit: Justin Bieber's Instagram account
Fans of Justin Bieber began to speculate that the decline of his physical and mental state is due to experiencing fatigue due to new fatherhood to his first child with his wife, Hailey Bieber, Jack Blues.
They have also linked Bieber’s past trauma with disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to his current deteriorating state after an old video of him and Combs resurfaced, according to the Mint.
Adding to the ongoing speculation, Bieber did not attend the Grammys this year, further fueling discussions about his well-being. Fans took their concerns to social media to express their worries, with some questioning whether stress or an underlying health condition aside from Lyme Disease might be affecting Bieber.
However, the speculation is being put to rest now that Bieber has opened up about his physical and mental health challenges in a TikTok Live video on Sunday.
“Being sick and feeling sick… For a while, it was affecting my mental health and… I didn’t know that I had this disease,” Bieber said. “I thought it was all [coming from] my mental health… I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get out of this slump.”
Bieber added: “Once I got diagnosed with [Lyme Disease], [I realized] my internal organs aren’t working correctly…That helped me give myself some grace to know…”
The Boyfriend singer revealed that he was diagnosed with Lyme disease in an Instagram post shared in 2020. At the time, he wrote on the social media platform that though people had suggested he looked like he was “on meth,” many had “failed to realize” he had been “recently diagnosed with Lyme disease,” adding that he had a “serious case of chronic mono” that affected his “skin, brain function, energy, and overall health.”
While on TikTok Live Sunday, he revealed that the diagnosis five years ago was comforting since it made him understand that he wasn’t “going crazy,” but instead was suffering from an illness.
“We all go through our own internal emotional struggles with our decision making and… our past and these sorts of things,” Bieber said.
According to Mayoclinic, Lyme disease is an “illness caused by borrelia bacteria. Humans usually get Lyme disease from the bite of a tick carrying the bacteria.”
The pop star was speaking to a young woman who suffered from Crohn’s disease. The woman was very forthcoming about her illness and how people have difficulty understanding people with health conditions when the individual appears healthy.
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