Overview
- In a December 29 Instagram post, the Berlin-born artist said a recent private event triggered a deep depressive episode.
- She reported traveling to Athens with her best friend to find calm and stabilize, noting she feels slightly better but that recovery is not linear.
- Elif wrote that her situation had been very critical and that hospital psychiatric staff took her seriously despite her fear she would not be believed.
- She described symptoms including hopelessness, loss of appetite and energy, sleeplessness, racing thoughts, migraines, withdrawal and isolation.
- Providing context, she said she had kept performing publicly, reflected on prior therapy and deeper trauma, mentioned her late mother’s depression, and urged others to take requests for help seriously.