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Katy Perry: Gratitude to God Helped Me Fight Suicidal Thoughts

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Katy Perry: Gratitude to God Helped Me Fight Suicidal Thoughts

By Cooper Dowd, Contributing Writer

Pop star Katy Perry recently opened up about how gratitude to God helped her fight suicidal thoughts and depression.

“Every morning I wake up and it’s the very first thing I say, ‘Thank you God for today, I am grateful in every way. If it gets really hard I walk around and say, ‘I am grateful! … That’s been the light at the end of my tunnel.”

In 2017, just after the debut of her album “Witness” and break-up with Orlando Bloom, Perry was in a dark place.

“I had broken up with my boyfriend, who is now my baby-daddy-to-be, and then I was excited about flying high off the next record,” Perry said. “But the validation did not make me high, and so I just crashed.”

In her moments of despair, she turned to the faith of her youth.

Despite having moments of walking away from her Christian family, Perry says that she always held onto hope and that she wants to give hope back through her music.

Perry said that after her bout with suicidal thoughts, her knowledge that God is “much bigger” than circumstances made her thankful for life.

“My hope is that something bigger than me created me for a purpose and reason, that I’m not disposable,” Perry said.

“Gratitude is probably the thing that saved my life because if I did not find that, I would have wallowed in my own sadness and probably just jumped,” Perry said. “But I found the ways to be grateful.”

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

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