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title: "Natalya Valevskaya: \"Paper Heals\" — How the Singer Coped with Adolescent Depression and Recommends It to Others"
description: "Natalya Valevskaya openly spoke about her adolescent crisis and how she coped with heavy thoughts. The singer admitted that many traumas remain with us into adulthood and proposed a simple self-help method: writing \"scribbles\" on paper to release emotions. 📝💭"
date: 2026-07-16T15:50:01.000Z
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url: https://xab.info/en/posts/natalya-valevskaya-adolescent-depression-paper-heals-method
tags: [natalya-valetskaya, depression, mental-health, russian-pop]
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# Natalya Valevskaya: "Paper Heals" — How the Singer Coped with Adolescent Depression and Recommends It to Others

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Natalya Valevskaya, a well-known Russian singer, recently spoke candidly in an interview about a difficult period in her youth when she faced a deep emotional crisis. The artist did not hide the fact that during her teenage years she experienced heavy thoughts that were difficult for her to handle on her own.

### Puberty as a Time of Lost Control

During the conversation, the singer explained the nature of her distress, linking it to the pubertal period. According to her, this time is characterized by the fact that a person of immature age is often unable to control their emotions.

"The pubertal period is a moment when a person of immature age cannot control their emotions, although not everyone is like that. Nowadays, there are children who are more mature than I was," Valevskaya noted.

The artist emphasized that in youth, the reaction to life's difficulties is exacerbated by hormonal changes and a lack of sufficient life experience to make sense of them.

### Traumas We Carry With Us

Natalya Valevskaya also touched upon the topic that psychological problems do not end with the completion of school. In her opinion, many adults continue to live with the consequences of experienced traumas that were not processed in time.

"Right now, we are even in adult life in a state where we cannot always control our emotions because we have really received an incredible number of mental, psychological traumas," the singer shared.

She pointed out that people often do not experience their feelings to the end, but merely set them aside. "We didn't experience all of them, they are stored somewhere, and they are a burden," the artist summarized.

### The "Scribbles" Method: How to Help Yourself

The main part of her story, Valevskaya dedicated to a practical tip for those who are in a closed-off state and cannot find someone to talk to about their feelings. She suggested using a writing practice as a tool for emotional release.

"You cannot share with anyone. You have closed yourself off. You take paper — it heals and will withstand everything. You take a pen and just scribble doodles until you feel relieved," the singer told about the method that helped her.

According to Natalya, this simple method really works and allows reducing internal tension during moments of strong emotions. "This thing really works. It is the simplest and most accessible tool," she added, urging not to be afraid to turn to such self-help methods.