Halsey apologized after being criticized for posting a photo of herself on social media that many considered insensitive.
The 26-year-old singer has joined the current “post a photo of” trend on Instagram, which allows followers to ask others to post pictures of her at various milestones in their lives.
When Halsey was asked to share a photo of her at her “lowest point”, she posted a selfie in the mirror with the caption “TW: ED, ask for help”. “TW” is an abbreviation for “Trigger Warning” and “ED” stands for “eating disorder”.
Halsey later removed the image and admitted that it was wrong to post the photo without providing a “sufficient” warning.
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“I’m very sorry to post a picture of me depicting my fight with ED without a sufficient trigger warning. I was too nervous to post it and I didn’t think straight. I had positive intentions,” wrote the “Bad at Love” singer on Twitter.
In a second tweet, the hitmaker said it would take a break from social media.
“With that said, I’m going to hang up now because it’s become something I’m not emotionally equipped to deal with yet. I hope it’s okay,” she added.
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Halsey talked about his previous struggles with his body image, as well as his diagnosis of bipolar disorder. When appearing on the cover of Marie Claire magazine in 2018, the singer remembers spending 17 days in a psychiatric ward after a previous suicide attempt.
“I gained about 13 kilos,” she said, noting that she was taking medication at the time. “I was throwing up at school. I spent all my teenage years on medication.”
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The artist noted that she turned to music to deal with her struggles from the beginning. She plays violin, guitar, piano, clarinet, mandolin, cello, among other instruments, and even today she shares photos of her impressive artistic skills on social media.
Halsey attends the DKNY 30th Birthday Party event at St. Ann’s Warehouse on Monday, September 9, 2019, in New York.
(Christopher Smith / Invision / AP)
Earlier this year, Halsey also accessed Twitter to discuss stigma around mental health.
“No jokes now. I have dedicated my career to offering education and knowledge about bipolar disorder and I am very disturbed by what I am seeing. Personal opinions about someone apart, a manic episode is not a joke. If you cannot offer understanding or sympathy , offer your silence, “she tweeted in July.
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“A lot of people you know probably have bipolar disorder and you don’t know that,” she continuous. “Taking the opportunity to make offensive comments and [vilify] people with mental illness is not really the way to go … this is the exact trigger that keeps people quiet about it. “
“You can hate someone’s actions or opinions without contributing to the stigma that harms an entire community of people who are sometimes vulnerable because of some laughter,” she concluded.