“Schmigadoon!” star Dove Cameron lit up the internet with a new IG post about her ongoing struggle with “depression and dysphoria” and “identity vs the self.” The post shows several shots of “The Descendants” actor crying in a black hoodie along with a lengthy statement where she reveals she’s trying to figure out how to “unlearn self abuse and self hatred.”
“I’ve been struggling lately with the concept of self, my inner relationship to who I know myself to be and my outer perceivable self who I feel I have never known but other people seem to, I’ve been covering mirrors lately,” she writes. “I’ve been feeling wrong in clothing that used to make me feel beautiful lately. I’ve been crying a lot lately, sometimes terrorized by my identity and image.”
She also details her ongoing gender identity and sexuality struggles — something she’s explored in her songs “We Belong” and “Boyfriend” — writing, “Sexuality and performative gender norms, societal rewards and identity are really throwing me for a loop. social media and mirrors and branding and the constant broadcasting of self and visibility of ourselves and everyone everywhere is not optimal for mental health, clarity of energy or relationship to our inner world. for any of us.” Cameron continued exploring these themes in the caption, which resonated with her fan base.
