VIDEO. Affected by depression, singer Lisa Pariente explains how she learned to live with it

Singer Lisa Pariente explains that she has “literally woke up one morning with a kind of filter in front of my eyes, terrifying, where nothing had any color anymore.” She no longer feels “love for people and things” that she loved so far. She feels like she is anesthetized. After researching her condition, the word “depression” appeared to him. A diagnosis that was confirmed some time later by a doctor, who prescribed antidepressants. A period “excessively hard” for Lisa Pariente: “I had a hard time accepting that I really needed medication to be happy.”.

Sadness, guilt for not being able to do anything, lack of motivation… The young woman feels a series of unpleasant feelings to live with. She feels like she is “stuck in a bubble” from which she cannot escape. She says it is essential to talk to a doctor or psychiatrist, who can reassure the patient that “It’s an illness, it’s OK, it’s like you have gastroenteritis, there, you have depression, it’s not your fault.” Music helped him get through this period. He stresses the importance of finding a reassuring activity in which to take refuge.

Finally, according to Lisa Pariente, it is important not to talk about it “constantly” so as not to find ourselves “stuck in this kind of spiral” and not to constantly use this disease as a “excuse” in a social circle. Today, she is working on no longer defining herself solely by her illness. Finally, her album “Antidepressant” was written during this difficult time, each song acting as an antidepressant for her, in the hope of helping those who can recognize themselves in it to feel less alone.