Megan Thee Stallion Shares Update on Her Healing Journey: 'I'm Definitely on My Way to a Better Place'

• Megan Thee Stallion shares an update on her mental health journey in her 2024 cover of L’Officiel.
• The rap superstar discussed her healing process and the steps she took after dealing with years of trauma alongside fame
• She also talked about how songs like her chart-topping hit “Hiss” helped her deal with long-held feelings

Megan Thee Stallion is making progress on her journey to recovery.

Grammy-winning rapper Boa, 29, appears on the cover L’OfficielA fun Summer 2024 issue, where she gets candid about where her mental health is today after years of dealing with trauma alongside fame.

“I feel like I’m definitely on my way to a better place,” says Megan after dealing with the loss of her mother Holly Thomas and grandmother in 2019, as well as the backlash after being murdered by rapper Tory Lanez the following year. . The latter was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the incident last August.

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“I know I’m not where I used to be,” Megan adds, also admitting, “I have no idea” about her self-care methods. However, she seems confident now that she is better equipped to face life’s obstacles ahead.

“I’m not saying, God, I’m in the perfect place. Everything is great – added the “Cobre” artist. “I still have my days where I think, ‘Man, I wonder why I feel this way?’ But at least now I have the resources to change my thought process.”

Megan Thee Stallion attends the 2024 Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Gala on April 16, 2024 in New York City.

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Although Megan started living again – in the midst of a full-scale Hot Girl Summer tour and anticipation of her next studio album – it took her a while to find a place of peace. The “Anxiety” rapper told L’Officiel she once felt pressured to be happy for others despite “falling into depression,” though she’s working to break out of that mold.

“When you’re going through depression or when you’re going through grief … you don’t want to take it out on other people,” Megan said. “You don’t want to be the dark cloud of your friend group. You don’t want to be a burden.”

“Everybody puts on a face or a costume or a facade,” she continued. “I was one of those people who always thought, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine. I’m strong, I’m strong. I have this, I can do it.’ But then it got to a point where I couldn’t hide it anymore — at least in my personal life — and I said, ‘Forget it. I’m sad. What are we going to do about this?’”

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That’s where songs like “Hiss” come in — as Megan admitted the simple chart-topping single helped her express feelings she’d been holding back before she finally dropped the diss track in January.

“I had no idea it was going to happen,” she said of the song’s immediate impact. “For a while I held back my feelings. I felt like everyone was kicking me when I was down. It was good to finally be able to just say what I was saying because I was in a place where I was so down and I didn’t want to do anything to disturb any kind of peace.”

The hip-hop artist added: “I was like, ‘Oh, Megan Thee Stallion, everybody hates you right now. Don’t say a word. Just be quiet.’”

Megan Thee Stallion arrives at the 2023 GQ Men of the Year at Bar Marmont on November 16, 2023 in Los Angeles.

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As she continues to protect her mental health, Megan confirms that she has no interest in returning to her “old self” who worked tirelessly through hardships and didn’t “process my feelings properly.”

“Now I’m like, Well, wait a minute. Let me take my days to myself,” she said of her current progress. “Now I have boundaries. The way I love myself is so different from the way I used to love myself… I don’t do things to make other people happy. I’m all about Megan right now and I love it. I hope I can continue on this path.”

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