Maren Morris had a mushroom trip that changed his life.
The country star, 34, opened up about how her journey of self-discovery after giving birth to son Hayes, 4, involved hallucinogenic substances during the Thursday, Aug. 29, episode of Sophia Bush Works in progress podcast.
Morris revealed that giving birth in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with post-partum hormonal changes and canceling the tour were challenging for her mental health.
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“It’s really hard to self-diagnose,” she told the host, 41. “I was so lost for so long, and finally, like, you know, with the help of, like, my friends and family, I got on anti-depressants.”
Morris said she felt “extremely useless” and noted that most of the time she was a “burden” on the “independent work” women had to do.
For her, this meant continuing therapy, playing tennis and hot yoga.
“I’m going to go on this guided mushroom trip. I’m going to London for six weeks after it opens to get out of America for a bit and figure out what the hell is going on in my head. There’s just, like, so many layers of change going on,” he said is Morris.
The “Church” artist said it was “like despair” trying to find out what was going on in her head as she learned to be a parent.
During her psychedelic experience, Morris said she experienced a “loss of control.”
“My mushroom journey was like a nightmare,” she said. “It was like, yeah. You’re not in control. We’re going to take it all down.”
Morris called the experience an “ego death” that made her reflect on her time as a child performer.
“Like, you weren’t in control, you never are, you never will be, and it’s scary when you’ve been a performer as a kid and that’s been your sense of worth for so long,” she said.
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In December 2023, Morris opened up about her experience with postpartum depression The Howard Stern Show.
“I think I just started to make very little sense of myself and the people around me,” the Grammy winner said when asked about her depression. “I felt useless in the sense that I couldn’t work. I couldn’t go on tour. Everything was cancelled.”
Morris also explained how her identity was tied to her music career.
“It’s hard when you’ve been doing something for so long that you don’t think it’s you, even though you love it and you do it for a living, it’s not you. So separating those things was helpful, taking Zoloft was also really great,” she said.
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