Sam Smith Reminds Fans They Are 'Enough' In An Emotional Instagram Post

Sam Smith has spoken very candidly about mental health in the past, saying that his first a few many years of superstardom after the release of "Latch" were especially hard. Nevertheless just because he's been in the spotlight for a while right now doesn't mean that he's stopped learning about how to navigate his mental health — and that's OK. What's essential is that he's learning to remind himself that he's enough, and he's encouraging his fans to do the same.


Earlier today (August 20), the singer got real about this past year, sharing on Instagram that it's been the "most tough of his whole life. And also an image of the words "I am enough," he reflected on therapy and the tactics he'd previously used to organize his life any time things felt out of control.


"Looking back on each year plus 1/2 of therapy and what has been probably the most tough time of my short 27 years here," he wrote. "I've watched and read so much over the last 6 months to try and make sense all of disaster the clutter in my head. Attempted to find ways to organise all of my problems so that they are bound and organised into folders and boxes, so that they plan to never haunt me or effect me again." Yet what he's right now realizing is that all that organizing and reorganizing isn't nearly as efficient as reminding himself to embrace who he is right now.


Smith went on to explain that those things we constantly desire to change about ourselves are constantly the same things that make us so good. "That disaster in your mind isn't a disaster he mentioned. "It is who you are." And rather than harping on our imperfections, which generally only "causes more pain," he shared that he finds the Brené Brown quote serves as a reminder to not be so hard on himself.


"I know we are all dealing with some really heavy shit at times," he wrote. "And I find listening to words from strangers comforting. So hopefully some days I can be that stranger to you guys. Right now every morning and every night before you go to bed. Mention these words to yourself in the resemble. I'm gonna do it to. We are in this together."


This isn't the opening time Smith has given fans a window into the most personalized parts of his life. In March 2018, he told The Sun about his "massive anxiety" and the steps he was taking to manage it. "I've began meditating right now, I am not drinking, I am attempting to look immediately after my mental health," he mentioned. "... Mental health issues are coming to the fore because folks are beginning to talk about it. So several people go through stuff. For me, my music has been my therapy."


But while music has helped Smith with his anxiety, life in the spotlight hasn't. "The fame is something I thought I wanted, and whenever it happened it scared me," he instructed them outlet. Fortunately, the singer feels he's in a pretty good place, writing in his post that he's "still on course and learning," however feels closer than ever to "joy, gratitude and peace."