Gaga's Mental Health Support On Set of 'House of Gucci'
- Lady Gaga reveals in a new interview how she sought the support of a psychiatric nurse during the final days of filming House of Gucci.
- Gaga, who lost her close friend to cancer in 2017, is a huge advocate for the cancer community; she’s also a big advocate for mental health and asking for mental health assistance when needed.
- If you’re struggling mentally after a cancer diagnosis, talk to a doctor and get help as soon as possible.
In the film, Gaga portrays Patrizia Gucci, who, in real life, suffered a brain tumor amid her messy divorce from Aldo Gucci. She also hired a hitman to murder Gucci, a member of the renowned fashion designing family.
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The 35-year-old phenom is deeply connected to the cancer community, too. Gaga has vowed to be a voice for the cancer community after losing her dear friend to breast, lung, and brain cancer in 2017. And together with her boyfriend, Michael Polansky, she’s an advocate for cancer research and the support of the cancer community. (Polansky is a co-founder and board member for his foundation's newest initiative, The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is a treatment for many types of cancers.)
Gaga’s Recent Mental Health Support
Gaga says that seeking support wasn’t related to her commitment to acting. "I don't think that any actor should push themselves to that limit," she tells Variety. "And I ask myself all the time why I do that. I've done some pretty extreme art pieces throughout my career the things I've put my body through, my mind. It's like a walnut of sadness in my stomach as I say this to you. I don't know why I'm like that….”
"It's OK to ask for help. If you're feeling like that, ask for help. No matter what…"
Gaga says that her past relationship with her art sometimes missed the mark, and went “too far.” She says, “I think that the best answer I could give you, is I have a sort of romantic relationship with suffering for your art that I developed as a young girl, and it just sometimes goes too far. And when it does go too far, it can be hard to reel it in on your own."
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Gaga emphasizes the power of support through a mental health journey. "It's OK to ask for help," she says. "If you're feeling like that, ask for help. No matter what."
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Mental Health Support Through Cancer
If you’re going through a cancer battle, it can be, in some cases, essential to reach out for help, as Lady Gaga encourages people to do. Many people diagnosed with cancer understandably find themselves mentally overwhelmed, scared, and may experience a sense of grief, loss, anxiety, and even depression.
If you’re having feelings of depression or overwhelm after your cancer diagnosis, get connected with a mental health professional, like a psychologist, as soon as possible. There is support available to you, and the better you feel mentally, the more ready you will be for treatment. Mental health issues like clinical depression can negatively impact cancer treatment. This makes it all the more vital to seek immediate support or to ask your loved ones to help you get support if you’re too overwhelmed to do it on your own.
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