I'm Listening: Tate McRae's Mental Health Tools

Tate McRae talks about mental health in the Hard Rock Artist Lounge. Brought to you by BetterHelp.

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00:00When it comes to it, and you've touched on it before, and it's such a demanding and like

00:05unpredictable industry, what do you do to make sure you have a solid mental health?

00:09I mean, obviously I have an outlet, which is writing.

00:13If I didn't have writing, I would not be in the position I am today.

00:18Music is definitely the thing that I reach to whenever I'm hitting like my lowest points.

00:23But then I also just think having a good like support system, your family, your friends,

00:27making sure you trust them and they fill you up is like really important.

00:30Totally.

00:31Is there any misconception when you think about mental health that like shouldn't be,

00:36it should be okay?

00:37If that makes any sense, like about therapy or even talking or?

00:41I think, I think there's still some sort of idea that talking about your emotions is like

00:49a sensitive or annoying thing to do.

00:52I feel like being open with yourself and honest and honest with your friends too.

00:57Like have conversations.

00:58None of it's embarrassing.

00:59Right.

01:00And I think that's what like, you don't want to, you want to feel cool in front of your

01:02friends and you want to vote.

01:03And so like, that's, that's so overrated.

01:05Right.

01:06I feel like just being honest with each other and being your authentic selves is the only

01:09time that you're going to feel actually fulfilled in a friendship.

01:13And then you actually can like see what your friends are going through.

01:15Yeah.

01:16Otherwise, I feel like you, you don't really know your friends and you don't really know

01:18yourself.