Shawn Mendes is taking time for psychological well being, postpones tour

Shawn Mendes is taking a break from the street so as to care for his psychological well being.

On Friday, the “Deal with You Higher” singer posted a notice on Instagram, saying that he can be suspending reveals on his Surprise world tour.

“This breaks my coronary heart to should say this, however sadly I’ll should postpone the following three weeks of reveals by way of Uncasville, CT till additional discover,” the 23 yr outdated shared. “I have been touring since I used to be 15 and to be trustworthy it is at all times been troublesome to be on the street away from family and friends. After a number of years off the street, I felt like I used to be able to dive again in, however that call was untimely and sadly the toll of the street and the stress has caught as much as me and I’ve hit a breaking level.”

He added that the choice got here after talking to professionals about his well being.

“I must take a while to heal and care for myself and my psychological well being, at first,” he wrote. “As quickly as there are extra updates I promise I’ll let you recognize love you guys.”

Mendes just lately opened up together with his followers on social media about his psychological well being struggles. In April, he shared a lengthy note on Twitter about feeling like he’s both “flying or drowning” at any given second, and questioned whether or not that’s simply the way it feels to be in a single’s 20s.

“The reality is even with a lot success, I nonetheless discover it laborious to really feel like I am not failing, hyper-focused on what I haven’t got, forgetting to see all that I do,” he continued. “The reality is I am overwhelmed and overstimulated LOL. The reality is ALSO that I am okay.”

Mendes has spoken about coping with psychological well being challenges earlier than. In 2018, he instructed Apple Music’s Zane Lowe his tune “In My Blood” was about studying to deal with nervousness.

“It was type of one thing that hit me inside the final yr. Earlier than that, rising up, I used to be a fairly calm child, tremendous regular,” the Grammy nominee stated. “I knew individuals who had suffered from nervousness and located it type of laborious to know, however then when it hits you, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, what is that this? That is loopy.’ That tune is full fact and the very best factor about it’s, it’s not all down. The entire purpose I wrote this tune was to be like, on the finish, ‘It’s not in my blood to do this.’”

In his 2020 Netflix documentary Shawn Mendes: In Surprise, the artist additionally revealed that he typically finds it difficult to be away from his household and pals again residence in Canada.

“I’ve by no means had extra enjoyable in my life, however I additionally need to cling with my mother and father and watch motion pictures, drive round a suburb, lay on a soccer area, smoke a joint and stare on the stars with my pals and, like, eat some beef jerky,” he defined to the digicam. “Actually small-town ideas. I feel that I miss that slightly bit proper now.”