Ariana Grande Shares Brain Scan Which Reveals She Suffering From Severe PTSD

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Pop star Ariana Grande posted a โ€œterrifyingโ€ 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. Grandeโ€™s brain also showed a few areas that were highlighted.

โ€œGuysโ€ฆ.., My brain: Not a joke, she captioned the screenshot.

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But to put her fans at ease, Ariana has said she โ€œdidnโ€™t meanโ€ to scare anyone with the picture, and simply found the scan โ€œinterestingโ€.

She wrote on her Instagram story: โ€œDidnโ€™t mean to startle anyone with my brain thingy. It just blew me away. I found it informative and interesting and wanted to encourage yaโ€™ll 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 โ€œtalk more aboutโ€ her PTSD when she feels ready and is โ€œmore healed upโ€, and said sheโ€™s โ€œconstantly workingโ€ on improving her mental health.

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She added: โ€œI love science and seeing the physical reality of whatโ€™s 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 Iโ€™m feeling ready or when Iโ€™m more healed up, we can talk more about it. I am constantly working on my health / learning how to process pain (arenโ€™t we all). Everyday is different but Iโ€™m doing my best.

โ€œJust 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. (Thatโ€™s why her hairโ€™s so big, itโ€™s full of traumaโ€ฆk ariana, log off) Love u. (sic)โ€

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In a July interview with ELLE, Grande opened up about how she coped after the Manchester bombing.

โ€œWhen I got home from tour, I had really wild dizzy spells, this feeling like I couldnโ€™t breathe,โ€ she said. โ€œI would be in a good mood, fine and happy, and they would hit me out of nowhere. Iโ€™ve always had anxiety, but it had never been physical before. There were a couple of months straight where I felt so upside down.โ€