Pop star Ariana Grande posted a โterrifyingโ image of her brain scan bringing awareness to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Grande, 25, shared the photo Thursday (April 11, 2019) on her Instagram Stories. The image compared a healthy brain, a brain with PTSD and her brain in the aftermath of a 2017 bombing at her concert in England, which claimed lives of 22 people.
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The image of the healthy brain looked dark while the brain with PTSD was highlighted in a few places. Grandeโs brain also showed a few areas that were highlighted.
โGuysโฆ.., My brain: Not a joke, she captioned the screenshot.

But to put her fans at ease, Ariana has said she โdidnโt meanโ to scare anyone with the picture, and simply found the scan โinterestingโ.
She wrote on her Instagram story: โDidnโt mean to startle anyone with my brain thingy. It just blew me away. I found it informative and interesting and wanted to encourage yaโll to make sure you check on your brains / listen to your bodies / take care of yourselves too.โ
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The 25-year-old singer then promised to โtalk more aboutโ her PTSD when she feels ready and is โmore healed upโ, and said sheโs โconstantly workingโ on improving her mental health.

She added: โI love science and seeing the physical reality of whatโs going on in there was incredible to me. I mean, I feel it all the time, but seeing it is totally different and super cool. Someday, when Iโm feeling ready or when Iโm more healed up, we can talk more about it. I am constantly working on my health / learning how to process pain (arenโt we all). Everyday is different but Iโm doing my best.
โJust know I will continue showing up and giving as much of my energy as I can and do my best even tho my brain looks like the world map. (Thatโs why her hairโs so big, itโs full of traumaโฆk ariana, log off) Love u. (sic)โ

In a July interview with ELLE, Grande opened up about how she coped after the Manchester bombing.
โWhen I got home from tour, I had really wild dizzy spells, this feeling like I couldnโt breathe,โ she said. โI would be in a good mood, fine and happy, and they would hit me out of nowhere. Iโve always had anxiety, but it had never been physical before. There were a couple of months straight where I felt so upside down.โ