“When you’re manic, you really don’t think that you’re sick,” the 48-year-old explained. “You think that everyone else is deeply overreacting. You feel like you’re seeing the world so much more clearly on things, when in reality you’re losing your grip entirely. That’s what it felt like at that time.”
The “Famous” rapper went on to note how a traumatic brain injury from his 2003 car accident led to his diagnosis and subsequent erratic behavior—including making antisemitic comments—which he apologized for in his WSJ write up. According to Kanye, it was his wife of three years who sounded the alarm on his issues.
“Hitting rock bottom a few months ago,” Kanye wrote in the WSJ on Jan. 26. “My wife encouraged me to finally get help.”
Kanye’s mental health took a toll on his first marriage, as Kim previously shared how his manic episodes left her feeling, unsafe "emotionally or even financially,” and contributed to her decision to divorce.
"I didn't know what you're going to get when you wake up and that's a really unsettling feeling," she explained on the Oct. 15 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, adding that the "lack of stability was a big thing."
Today, Kanye said that through help a treatment center and medication, he is on a positive new track and ready to share that with the world.
“As I find my new baseline and new center through an effective regime of medication, therapy, exercise, and clean living,” he shared in the WSJ ad. “I have newfound, much-needed clarity. I am pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art: music, clothing, design, and other new ideas to help the world.”
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