WATCH: Natassia Dreams on Pornstars & Mental Health
The adult industry has always had a strong record for advocacy in key areas, from free speech to performer health. In recent years, discussions of pornstar and mental health have come to the fore, aided by the efforts of organizations like Pineapple Support. (Adult Empire is proud to count itself among the sponsors of this group). In this video clip, drawn from an in-depth 2021 interview, Natassia Dreams discusses some of the mental health challenges that pornstars face.
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Dallas: I know that you’ve also been a big booster of the whole issue of pornstars and mental health. You’ve been involved with the Pineapple Support group. I wondered if you could tell us a little bit about that whole issue. First maybe introduce the concept of that particular organization and some of the typical struggles that pornstars have that people may not know about.
Natassia: Yeah, Pineapple Support is great because they offer support and therapy and help to pornstars who are going through things mentally. And for me, it’s just — outside of porn, we’re all people at the end of the day. And we have our daily issues as well that we deal with as people, mentally, I’m saying. You know, our insecurities and our traumas from the past. You never know what triggers you in the moment that you’re out on a day-to-day basis. So I just wanted to be more transparent and let people know. Everybody thinks I’m Natassia Dreams and I’m like this huge pornstar extraordinaire, and life is so good for me, and it’s perfect, and I have all the money in the world. No, it’s not only that. Just because I have sex on camera in front of people, does that make me different than my neighbor next door, the people that are listening, whatever? We have the same issues. So I don’t know if that’s good or bad, but I wanted to give more levels to my persona, so people can know how it really is. I don’t want people to sell me a dream that life is perfect and it’s all roses when it’s not. I’d rather someone give it to me and let me know in advance and warn me, like, “Hey, you may have this.” And porn intensifies that because then you’re in the spotlight and you can’t really go places without being recognized, and some of us wanted to be private. And we just wanted to make movies. I never thought that I would become an international, known pornstar. When I came into this, I’m like, “Yeah, whatever, only L.A. people are going to see it!” Now I’m in Spain, I’mwalking down the street and people are like, “Hi!” I’m like, “Wow!” It’s a lot to process. I just wanted to show people that yeah, we have our good days, we have our bad days, we have our weaknesses, and it’s okay to reach out. It’s okay to let people know you’re not perfect. I feel like they’re going to like you more anyways, and they can relate to you more.
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