Fame is not always easy to manage. And it’s not Lenni-Kim who will say the opposite. Guest of Faustine Bollaert on the set of It starts today this Monday, April 17, 2023, the Quebec artist opens up, without taboo, on how he managed his success when he was only a teenager. From an early age, the handsome dark-haired filmed commercials and films in his native country before participating, in 2015, in the second season of The Voice Kids In France. A show that will open the doors of show business to him, but which will lead him to lock himself in a bubble.
Reached by “major depression with severe anxiety”the interpreter of Miraculous went through a difficult period. “It starts off very subtle, then it gets more pronounced, clearer, more brutal, but it’s very insidious,” he confides on France 2 before continuing: “At the beginning, I was very tired, I was not present at all even professionally. I felt more professional. I didn’t really give all my attention and it can start with a lot of fatigue. And at some point, it’s really a mental fatigue. Sometimes you’re not even able to, just take your shower, it’s like a sport. You really have to force yourself to go and take it. I couldn’t even open my emails, my emails. I couldn’t look at anything. I isolated myself completely.”
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“I had a lot of dark thoughts”
According to him, “depression is born of deep loneliness and emotional lack” related to his career. “I had a lot of dark thoughts. Not about me, but about life, about the perspective. I didn’t want to hurt myself, but I had a lot of scenarios…I I was always imagining how I was going to die.” Besides these dark thoughts, Lenni-Kim was also prone to intense, unexplained crying spells.
A common symptom for psychiatrist Laurent Karila. “Depression is a disease. And depression in the youngest, in teenagers, in children, it also exists. These are clinical forms that are different from those of adults. Those of adults , we have very classic symptoms where there is sadness, the desire for nothing, anxiety. In teenagers, young people, very young adults, it’s like what you describe “, he explains. A very dark period for Lenni-Kim who, fortunately, seems to be doing much better.
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Lenni-Kim opens up about her depression for the first time. Having become a professional at 16 and leading a life at 100 an hour, her personal life was at a standstill… From loneliness was born her depression. We talk about mental health among teen stars at 1:55 p.m.! pic.twitter.com/WpHViHs28h
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