Mariah Carey on Overcoming ‘Traumatizing’ Childhood

“There was a lot of unrest in my household and I had difficulty with having come from such a dysfunctional family,” Carey, 50, said about overcoming the past. “I needed to heal myself and heal that inner child that I tried to keep alive through all of the dysfunction and mess.”, in which she shares how her mom -- an opera singer who attended The Julliard School -- introduced her to music, but displayed jealousy when it came to Carey’s own career.

The declaration has stayed with the five-time GRAMMY winner and shaped how she parents her own children,“It definitely had an effect on me,” Carey said. “I don’t even know that she would even remember that. That one statement did live with me for the rest of my life though, so you have to be so careful what you say. So, with my kids, I really try to acknowledge their talent and acknowledge when they draw a picture for me or sing or dance or anything they do.

“For me, it’s very important that the kids always feel safe and feel seen and heard and that they know that they are loved unconditionally and that no matter what, I’ll be there for them,” Carey added, about wanting to be a different kind of mother than Patricia. “That’s very important to me because growing up and being alone in the house or in these dangerous situations was traumatizing.”

One traumatizing situation from her childhood involved heading to a sleepover in the Hamptons, where she said she was tormented by so-called friends. “They got me in a room, cornered me and started using the N-word over and over and over,” Carey shared.

Mariah has been through so much and has kept her head held high though all of it. So glad she is finally getting to tell her story in TMOMC ! 😍📖🦋👑TheMeaningOfMariahCarey

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