A Justin Bieber Mental Health Update: Instagram Posts, Religious Cults, SWAG album + more
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It’s no shocker that Justin Bieber’s mental health has been questioned especially in the past few years.
Life in the fast lane finally slowed down, and the consequences are tough.
To contain my sanity and yours, I won’t repeat everything we’ve exposed about Justin or his relationship with Hailey.
For the past few months, Justin has been posting random self-help explanations on his Instagram story/posts.
Many thought it was a cry for help, others thought he was emotionally unstable, or in some religious cult.
The truth is, Justin’s mental health goes through ups and downs, and in the past few years, there were many times when he was having a mental breakdown online.
The issue with social media is that you guys have always read incorrectly between the lines when it comes to Justin.
Justin has an issue with thinking he’s funny even when he’s not. As long as he’s chuckling, then it’s “a vibe” and it’s funny.
Some of these examples are when he was posting photos like these:
Going all the way back to Justin’s childhood and teen years, he’s ALWAYS had that bold personality that can be very childish and immature.
Think about all the pranks Justin used to pull on his friends/family/management team, or the “get back in your cage” joke he made to someone back in the day.
If you were looking from the outside in, you’d think “wow, this kid is horrible,” but if you were to ask Justin, he would shrug and be like “it’s just a joke, it’s not that deep.”
He still thinks this way, but in a less immature way, which makes sense considering he’s 31.
If you were to ask him about all those reels he’s posted (some of which seemed shady), he’d laugh and be like “it’s funny,” even if he knows some seem shadier than others.
He’s always trolling and I’ve always said this about Justin. His humor is in the form of trolling.
He and I both have the same issue where we can’t stop trolling in life, and some of our friends take it seriously.
In his new album, SWAG, Justin and his friend are talking in ‘THERAPY SESSION,’ and saying “Even sometimes where I know you trollin’ and they don’t even understand it, like, ‘oh my God, he’s fuckin’ lost his mind— He’s enjoying social media like the rest of us.”
And Justin agrees, saying “Yeah.”
This trolling personality has sometimes translated to people as “this person is a jerk.” To Justin, he shrugs and says, “Whatever.” He’s never been someone who cared a lot about appealing to people, especially now more than ever.
He still gets annoyed though, when people put him in a glass box where he’s the only one with issues and everyone else is fine, and so it causes him to continuously keep posting things that bother people or make people think something is wrong.
“Justin has always been someone who saw people’s concerns about him as bullsh-t, even when the concern was valid. He always felt like someone was trying to control him, and his response to that was to keep acting in the same ‘concerning’ manner.” — my source
This is how Justin has always functioned, and if you’ve kept up with our posts, you’d remember that my source said he functions in a trial-and-error type of way. He’s very stubborn, and sometimes it drives Hailey insane.
“Justin is stubborn, and once his mind is set on doing something, it can be very difficult to get him to think otherwise. Sometimes he drives Hailey insane with this because she is very logical and practical while Justin is skeptical of other people’s opinions and thinks he knows best.” — my source
Justin gets annoyed when people ask if he’s okay when he’s trying to be funny/free on social media.
Does this mean Justin has no mental health battle? Quite the opposite, actually. Justin deals with his traumatizing Hollywood upbringing by being unapologetically himself, and he sees it that way.
His mental health is a constant battle of ups and downs. Just because I’m saying that his social media posts are mainly him being funny and not a cry for help, doesn’t mean he’s not vocal about his struggles.
He is very vocal about them, and I will get to those posts, but I am telling you in general that what may seem like a “mental breakdown” is him simply thinking he’s putting out a vibe/he’s being funny.
Justin uses social media like he’s a kid on timeout, and he finally got his iPad before bedtime.
He’s a little emotionally stunted, but he’s not a child.
According to my sources and years of information, there are many moments when Justin comes across like a kid who refuses to change his behavior, believing instead that everyone else just needs to get off his back.
I can see why people think this is considered manipulation because you are constantly throwing yourself a pity party rather than accepting help.
He does try to accept criticism, but not as much as he needs to, because there is a lot of trauma to unpack. Some of his friends don’t wanna get real with him because they are worried he flips out and cuts them off.
I don’t know who he is fighting with in these messages, but I can assure you he’s probably in the wrong lol
He’s in a weird phase of self-love where, if you are his friend/family/fan, you should love him without boundaries and without him having to overexplain himself.
In my personal opinion, he seems to be hell bent on victimizing himself because of his previous experiences.
Anyone who hears 5% of his life always doubles down on their criticism and says, “Oh, okay, now it makes sense why he’s like that,” which is why I sympathize with Justin, but I also know that he’s prone to making unproductive decisions that don’t heal him.
What is causing Justin's mental health issues?
In short? Everything.
Justin struggles with a lot of emotional issues, resentment, hate, and distrust.
His issues can be traced back to his childhood… with his dad not being in the picture.
I’m not sure if this is due to emotional issues, but as a child, Justin would overcompensate for his parents by acting out in school/with friends.
“He wasn’t a mean kid, but I do remember [—] saying he had ‘behavioral issues’ growing up. It was giving ‘something is wrong at home.’ Anytime Justin had a question about why life is the way it is, or when he was getting yelled at by his mom, Pattie would give him a religious answer that always seemed hypocritical to Justin.” — my source
My source said that in his preteens/teenage years, there was a bubbling resentment for religion and for God.
He’s healed that resentment, which makes sense considering he’s always posting about very specific things relating to God.
Justin struggled a lot with building a relationship with God and if you recall in 2014, he was actually researching different religions, thinking about converting outside of Christianity.
“[—] had said that Justin struggled with practicing the religion. He believed in the idea that Jesus died on the cross for him, but that was it. He wasn’t really obeying the rest of Christianity, and he thought ‘If faith is about obeying and I’m not obeying, does this mean I don’t have faith?’” — my source
Justin talks so often about faith and God that some people think he’s in a cult, but the truth is, his journey to get here has been long and difficult, so he’s very protective of his beliefs.
Justin didn’t grow up with strong examples of genuine religious figures and even in his darkest moments in Hollywood, he still struggled to find them. Churches like Hillsong, which once claimed to guide him, ultimately abused their power and took advantage of him.
Some of the pastors he trusted preached righteousness while living in contradiction, and their lies cut him deeply. Each betrayal reinforced a painful thought he’d carried for years: “Every Christian I know ends up being a poor example of faith.”
“Realizing that those other pastors weren’t the best example forced Justin to turn to Judah Smith fully. He was the one person who never let him down when it came to religion. I believe it’s why in that [TMZ] article, Ryan Good thought Judah had too much influence on Justin and believes he is in a cult, while Justin is ready to cut off long-time friends over him.” — my source
I never fully trusted Judah Smith because famous church leaders are probably the biggest red flag out there, but I do know he was the one telling Justin he needed to stop doing drugs and sleeping around way before marriage.
A huge thing that ties together Justin’s struggles and God’s love is shame for his past mistakes.
In order to get over the shame, Justin needed to learn that God loves him despite his mistakes. That mentality is what helped him get over his mistakes during 2010-2017.
During the later years, even 2018/2019, it was a constant battle of forgiveness with himself, other people, and his perception of God.
“People like to say that in 2025, Justin is having all these mental breakdowns and they say ‘let’s go back to the Purpose Era, where things were good and he was a pop icon,’ but I think we both know his hardest years weren’t 2025 but rather 2015-2017. Just because he is vocal about his issues now doesn’t mean it’s worse than before. It used to be horrible. He still struggles, but at least now he knows why he’s struggling. Back then, acting out was his form of self-harm and it was very dark.” — my source.
You also have to remember that Justin cut off his old team, who were acting as his family for the longest time.
It’s like he has a short fuse right now, where he doesn’t put up with anything at all to make up for putting up with so much in the past.
All the years of being used and abused have made him think anyone who cares for him is playing him and trying to trick him into thinking something is wrong with him.
So he’s been in a huge, “I’m gonna do what I WANNA DO” state, which can be harmful in the sense that he wants a bunch of yes men around him while he figures out what works and what doesn’t.
He relies on Hailey a lot because she has always been there through the good and bad, which is why he says in Yukon, “What would I do if I didn’t love you?”
Justin has a lot of love for Hailey. In the past, not caring about how he came off has made it look like he doesn’t care about her.
Since he didn’t care to put on a show for social media like most Hollywood couples, it ended up backfiring on Hailey, making people think he hates her.
He’s learned from this, but there are times when he’s still not media-trained enough and posts something dumb.
The only media savvy thing he did correctly was use a viral moment of him where he said, “It’s not clocking to you, that I’m standing on business,” and put it in his song on his new album. He doesn’t know how to utilize the media in his favor.
For example, what he posted when Hailey was on the cover of Vogue was wild.
How his brain even came up with that should be studied. He singlehandedly brought the Hailey hate train to a halt—forcing people to pause their criticism of her and instead rally to her defense.
Justin’s thought process was “look at how I was a douche and wrong in the past, from this experience, you can stop being a douche and get proved wrong too.”
I remember seeing it and going, “Oh my god, the illiteracy is acting up again, why post something so stupid and hurtful?”
If I truly believed Justin hated Hailey, I’d tell you he’s being emotionally manipulative and narcissistic on purpose.
But he doesn’t hate her and sees her as someone who saved his life. Either trust me on that or use the existence of Jack Bieber as proof of it.
Did the post come off as emotionally manipulative and narcissistic because that’s what Justin struggles with? Most likely. This explains why his response jumps to address himself first, but the whole thing was a misunderstanding.
I can tell you that he 100% posted that with the idea of it being helpful and truthful.
That’s why when it backfired, he changed the caption and added a man shrugging emoji. His way of saying, “Okay, my bad, I guess.”
I’m not excusing any of Justin’s behavior, I’m just telling you guys WHY he acts the way he does. You can do whatever you want with this information.
Of course, no conversation about Justin’s journey would feel complete without addressing a darker chapter—his struggles with drugs.
The Drugs Question
Justin’s drug use depends on his emotional state. Sometimes in moments of weakness, my source says he’ll use harsh drugs, but he’ll wake up eventually and try to stay clean.
He does smoke weed and is convinced it helps him stay calm. This is why he is unapologetically posting about smoking because he knows the worst thing he’s done isn’t the weed.
Justin posts things that he knows he has control over. He also does it to be like, “thought you caught me? Well, you DIDN’T.”
He posts what he knows isn’t that big of a deal. You don’t see him posting meth or cocaine, and to think he hasn’t done those drugs is to think Santa Claus is real.
He purposely pushes this idea so people don’t think they got one over him.
Having a family has also put things into perspective for Justin, as he now has to take care of himself because he has a son who needs a father.
He has a wife who can’t take care of Jack all by herself (+ the nanny) while he’s having another meltdown. It helps push him out of his victim complex.
He also sees life differently as he’s trying to give his son a better childhood than the one he had.
It’s why you see Hailey and Jack where you see Justin. He’s letting you know “we are a package deal.”
That photo is his Spotify and Twitter icon.
There will be another post about Justin, Jack, and Hailey, but in the meantime, I know Justin’s mental health has been a huge concern among the fans and haters, so I hope this cleared things up.
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