Noah Cyrus Shares How Therapy Saved Her Life on ‘Tuned In With Billboard’: Watch

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Noah Cyrus sat down for the first Tuned In With Billboard, presented by BetterHelp, to talk about addiction, therapy and her excitement for the future. After releasing her critically acclaimed second album, I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me, Cyrus embarked on a North American tour, during which she shared her music with fans and show her appreciation for their support.

In our interview, Noah reflects on the pains of comparisons, the struggles of addiction and the benefits of therapy, which she says saved her life. Today, she is happier than she’s ever been. Though she still gets triggered from time to time, the resources of therapy have given her the tools to handle situations that would have been difficult in the past.

Now, Cyrus looks forward to the future. She’s excited to start a family with her fiancé and be a mom, none of which she said would have been possible without therapy. Her latest album, tour and happiness is all thanks to therapy and recovery treatments.

If you or someone you know if struggling, BetterHelp can help you take that first step. Learn more at bettehelp.com/tunedin.

Noah Cyrus: When I look back on it, I think about how I didn’t know at the time that I would be at a place where I am standing here now in an interview like this, and I don’t talk about this ever, so I’m totally losing it right now. Sorry, like I feel so lucky for being able to have the resources of therapy.

Though it’s like a heavier album, it has felt a lot more hopeful in the room and a lot more lighter. This album’s more about transitioning and moving forward and it being more of a really comforting release, rather than something painful that you’re walking away from. It wasn’t until experiencing like those two, three years after dropping the single and figuring out life being more seen and more open to the public’s opinions. And so I think a lot of the things that felt hard on me was whenever I was more of a victim to those people.

Whenever I was 20, turning 21 — just about 21 — I was really deep in addiction to downers. I had recently lost my grandmother at the time, and it just felt like I had, you know, pushed myself so far away from my family and my mom, who I’m so close with, and I had really just gotten myself in such a dark place, and I felt so alone that helped to me, looked like first reaching out to my therapist and being really honest about the struggles that I was facing. So I had a lot to tackle and a lot to uncover, and one that started with the addiction, but there were so many layers underneath the addiction. 

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