Demi Lovato is a well-known actress that has recently released a documentary, "Simply Complicated" which highlights her strong position for mental health issues, body image, and overcoming drug addiction. Her emphasis on fighting the stigma on hard topics like these make her an incredible role model to look up to at any age. Lovato started acting at only ten years old and has been in the lime light ever since. She started out her career when she landed a role in the children show, “Barney & Friends”. Starting her success at such a young age gave the actress a direct pathway to new acting opportunities. A few years following her introduction to the acting community she has starred in multiple Disney Channel originals. Demi Lovato started working …show more content…
In her most recent documentary she has been more honest about her personal obstacles than ever before. In the tell-all Lovato admits to being a recovering addict in more ways than one and she struggles with her demons on an everyday basis. Demi addressed the fact of having an eating disorder that she could remember having at the age of four years old. “I remember running my fingers along my stomach wondering why it wasn’t flat.” (Demi Lovato, Staying Strong, 2012). Lovato underwent rehab in two thousand ten for her eating disorder at only eighteen years old. “I lived fast and I was going to die young”. (Demi Lovato stated to an E! News article) Having an eating disorder is something that isn’t going to resolve itself, she knows that she needed to get help. She has stated that she has had great days and she has gone through horrible days when it comes to her eating disorder. “The urge to throw up after meals is something that I have to work on every day.” (Demi Lovato, Simply Complicated documentary, 2017) She has opened up about her struggles in hopes to help and inform anyone, not just her fans on believing that recovery is possible. (Demi Lovato, Staying Strong MTV documentary, …show more content…
Lovato has had mental health issues herself such as being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and manic depression. She began secretly copping with these issues the same way her biological father had, with drugs and alcohol. “My first time doing coke I was seventeen, working for the Disney Channel, I was with a couple of friends. They introduced me to it.” (Demi Lovato, Simply Complicated documentary, 2017) She admits that she started using hard drugs to fill the void that her dad left in her and unknowingly, her own mental complications. Demi looked for what her father found in that kind of lifestyle. “My dad was an addict and alcoholic and I guess I always searched for what he found in drugs and alcohol because it fulfilled him and he chose that over a family.” (Demi Lovato, Simply Complicated documentary, 2017) Lovato’s upbringing wasn’t squeaky clean and glamorous, most of it was life threatening and what eventually sculpted her into the person she
Demi Lovato is a famous singer, songwriter, and actor born in 1992 in New Mexico. Although she was on “Barney & Friends” as a child, most people know her from her years as an actress and an occasional singer on disney channel. She co-starred in the famous movie series “Camp Rock” and also in the television series “Sonny with a Chance.” After these acting positions, Lovato began a career in singing. She has released many albums and has had many hit songs such as “Heart Attack” and “Cool for the Summer
‘Skyscraper’ by Demi Lovato is a song that has empowered me and helped me fight through my toughest battles. The song was not written by Demi herself, but by three other songwriters, and then recorded by Lovato. The songwriters were inspired by an illustration of an imaginary apocalypse, in which one skyscraper was still standing tall, throughout all of the destruction surrounding it. Lovato recorded the track before she entered rehabilitation for an eating disorder, and she called this song her
Most don’t know that Demi Lovato’s real name is actually Demetria Lovato. Demi Lovato is a hero for many reasons. Demi was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 20th 1992. Her parents names are Patrick Martin Lovato and Dianna De La Garza. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a former Dallas Cowboy cheerleader. In 1994 her parents divorced and her mom, Demi and her sister moved to Dallas, Texas. There, her mother remarried and Demi gained two half sisters. Demi is currently not married
hand, Demi Lovato is also a hero. In middle school, many students are being bullied for being over weight and getting teased by others. The first reason for Demi being a hero is the fact that she has an eating disorder, which made her obese and caused people to bully her. Secondly, the girls at Demi’s school started a petition “I Hate Demi” which caused Demi to receive mean and violent texts from the whole school. In addition, girls would come over to her house and yell mean words to Demi across
Modern Celebrity: A Hero? It's recurrently said that celebrities are not heroic by any means. You read long essays written by high school aged students on the many differences between a modern celebrity and someone who is a hero or heroine, and it seems to be a rare case to come across an article or paper on how a modern celebrity is capable of fitting the criteria of being stouthearted, noble, and a good person in general. The differences written in these papers always seem practically identical
My essay is about music throughout the decades, I chose this topic because everyone loves music and can relate to it. I personally like the past decade music because I felt like they were more thought out, but there some songs I don’t mind listening to this day. I will answer some questions you might have been wondering or a least I hope I do. It might introduce you to new artist that you never heard about and make you start listening to new genres of music. My essay will show you how music has
Punk originated in England in the 70’s before being taken up internationally, Roy Shuker (1998, p52) says ‘... lower middle-class youth favoured later, found working and lower middle-class youth favoured heavy metal, punk and reggae…’, but why? This essay will discuss where punk came from, and what punk is as well as how it was represented during the time it was most popular, and how its changed over time or if it can actually be seen today. Is punk dead? As well as looking at these changes and detuning
Depression Statistics." Informatic. http://www.healthline.com/health/depression/statistics-infographic. World Health Organization. Caring for children and adolescents with mental disorders. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003 Shape MENTAL ILLNESS ESSAY Shape Rabina Jahan HSB 4U1-21 : Society Challenge and Change ShapeMay 15, 2014
Introduction and Background Information Celebrity worship syndrome is a personality disorder that is becoming more apparent in 21st century Australia, and it is estimated that 30% of the population has it. Several studies have shown that celebrity worship is more prevalent in adolescents, especially teen and preteen girls. When the British boy band One Direction toured Australia in late 2013, many articles were published surrounding the hysteria that many girls were experiencing. The Adelaide Entertainment
that decision. Some important facts you should know before you can make your decision are: what is bullying, what are the different types of bullying, and which way the victim of bullying is affected. A few essays may not be enough to persuade fifty states into changing the law, but these essays will give others further knowledge about bullying. Then maybe together we can think of another way to handle the nonsense if the law isn’t stopping it from happening. There are three types of people involved