‘I Was in Denial’: Mariah Carey on Struggle With Bipolar Disorder

Mariah Carey says that it was finally being in a good place that allowed her to talk about her bipolar disorder.

Singer and actor Mariah Carey opened up about her struggle with bipolar disorder in this week’s People magazine. Carey was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder in 2001. The diagnosis was followed by denial, she says.

I didn’t want to believe it...For a long time I thought I had a severe sleep disorder. But it wasn’t normal insomnia and I wasn’t lying awake counting sheep. I was working and working and working … I was irritable and in constant fear of letting people down. It turns out that I was experiencing a form of mania.