Imagine your father more famous than the president of the United States, or even immortal — would your life be super happy?
Maybe.
But Paris Jackson wasn't happy. Her father's name was Michael Jackson.
"I often hear camera clicking, garbage bags rustling, and I know it's auditory hallucinations." As Paris recounted on a recent talk show, "I habitually panicked and received a lot of treatment for it. ”
She considers herself a ptsd, which means she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
This is not difficult to understand, after all, Paris's father is a world icon, and Paris has had to endure countless "click" shots by paparazzi since she was a child.
Even when she grew up, her situation was even worse - Paris was out of shape, good looking, and became a hot supermodel, so that the paparazzi could not be separated from her...
She was chronically anxious and chose to commit suicide at the age of 15.
Attempted suicide was not a glorious thing, but Paris was now at ease with the past. Last year, in 2020, she and her then-boyfriend Gabriel Glenn did a series of documentaries on Facebook, "The Real Me: Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn", in which she talked about her own experience of self-harm and suicide attempts as a teenager, all because of unbearable anxiety.
How to get rid of it?
The antidote That Paris Jackson found was music. She kept herself busy, started writing songs, singing, and released her first album Wilted last year. In this regard, there is a fatherly demeanor, and her father, Michael Jackson, is a great god in this field.
Paris Jackson's ptsd comes from "excessive attention" from childhood to adulthood, and the thrill of her dearest father's sudden death when he was 9 years old – not to mention that Paris has always insisted that her father was "murdered".
In addition to ptsd, Paris is under pressure from other sources.
In talk shows, Paris is not afraid to be honest, and she doesn't think there's anything wrong with admitting that she's bisexual. As early as 2018, paparazzi exposed photos of Paris and her girlfriend shopping, and shortly after that, Paris announced that she was bisexual on social networks. Now that she talks about this topic, she is much more relieved.
Even so, Paris was met with some incomprehension from within the family, which some family members did not accept. Paris says she sometimes can't dispel her emotions of not being understood, so she talks to her closest friends — brother Prince and younger brother Michael Jr . — who will help her, and she is very dependent on her brothers.
The entire talk show is not yet recorded and will not air on Facebook until Wednesday, June 16. In addition to some things about fathers, as well as discussions about mental health and sexual orientation, Paris Jackson shared more about modeling and about shaping body image. She also offers a "tip" to preserve privacy, which is to sign a confidentiality agreement with your family!