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Every so often I like to sprinkle Megan Thee Stallion lyrics into blog posts because 1) I love her music and 2) Meg makes great points.

Megan Thee Stallion (AKA, Megan Pete, Tina Snow, Tina Montana) is a feminist icon who routinely supports and uplifts women, despite the cruelty she experiences from the public around her experiences as a domestic violence survivor and a successful tall thick Black woman.

I would not say her music inspires fighting like certain white women “interviewers” ­­because Meg’s lyrics are consistently about self-love, personal struggles, mental health, surviving, bad bit*hes, body positivity, and the failures of men/ the patriarchy.

Meg continues to display her artistry and skill as evidenced by her never-ending discography, lyricism, and musicality. 

Signs & Prevalence of Anxiety in the U.S.

Anxiety impacts around 1 in 5 adults in the United States, (National Institute on Mental Health, 2025).

Anxiety is treatable: people can decrease symptoms of anxiety by learning to identify anxious thoughts and triggers with the help of a mental health professional.

Anxiety may present with experiences such as overthinking (or ruminating), being too fidgety or restless, negative self-talk, and seeing the worst case scenario.

Read more about anxiety: 9 Ways to Manage Anxiety

Many of Megan's songs and lyrics are relevant to women and/or femme identifying folks who wish to improve their mental health or self-talk, though this post will primarily review her song, “Anxiety” released in 2022.

As a human with anxiety and an anxiety therapist, I have ~thoughts~ about this song: it’s great, I love it, and it’s one of my favorite songs.

Allow me to share why.

Megan Thee Mental Health Advocate

In her song Anxiety, Meg starts with:

 “I’m a bad bitch and I got bad anxiety”

Bad bitches have anxiety: factually correct. Bad bitches can and do have anxiety.

Next she says,

“People call me rude cause I ain’t letting them try me,”

Sounds like Meg has been setting and maintaining boundaries yet people keep trying to push on those boundaries, or she knows her worth and does not accept unhealthy or unacceptable behavior from others. 

A strong self-protective icon.

“Saying I’m a hoe cause I’m in love with my body,” society famously criticizes women who are talented, rich, beautiful, confident - especially women of color.

Meg certainly receives backlash for her existence and self-esteem which reflect the insecurities of men or other self-loathing women who desire male approval at the cost of reinforcing their own patriarchal oppression.

“Issues but nobody I can talk to about it,

They keep saying speak your truth and at the same time say they don’t believe,”

and “I just wanna talk to somebody that get me,”

Theses lyrics suggest Meg may feel lonely and that people have recommended she start therapy, but people also dismiss her inner processes or worries, and/or she has doubts about sharing her private inner workings with anyone.

Lots of people feel uncertain about therapy; starting therapy and finding a therapist who feels like a good fit can be challenging. It’s common to believe nobody will believe, hear, or see a person who has been through as much hardship, loss, grief, betrayal, abuse, and loneliness as someone like Megan Pete (and let’s recognize how incredibly heavy it must be for Meg to have so much of her personal life publicized and scrutinized).

The chorus repeats,

“Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, bad bitches have bad days too,

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, bounce back how a bad bitch always do”

Excellence. Chef’s kiss.

This type of self-talk and what we in the therapy business call, “cognitive reframing” helps put anxiety and bad days into perspective: bad days are part of the human experience, and bad bitches always bounce back. 

That’s resilience, persistence, and psychological strength.

Another line in the chorus goes: 

“All I really wanna hear is it’ll be okay” 

Who does not like reassurance on a bad day? Weirdos, probably. Healthy relationships and healthy people provide reassurance.

Don't forget that reassurance also comes from within, not solely through the validation or perception of others.

“Bounce back cause a bad bitch can have bad days” is an affirmation that Meg is a bad bitch knowing she’ll bounce back, and that bad days are temporary: no notes.

Stellar Insight Counseling Mental Health Blog: What Is Self-Compassion? 

A lesson for us all.

“Man, excuse me while I get into my feelings for a second, usually I keep it in but today I gotta tell it,” 

man, I’m glad she told it because this song is great for baddies with anxiety. Imagine the way her pen must’ve been heating up the paper while she wrote this album.

The feeling after sharing a challenging situation with a safe person (or using a creative outlet such as making music) can help promote healing, insight, self-regulation, relief, and/or adaptive processing. 

Some days people may want to feel like they "gotta tell it," because it does feel better to get it out. 

“Y’all don’t even know how I feel, I don’t even know how I deal”

While each person has their own unique history and story, mental health struggles such as anxiety share a universality across people of age, gender, race, socioeconomic class, and self-esteem.

Megan Thee Stallion keeps showing up and showing out, she does not quit - she persists and wins. 

Meg has been vulnerable with her music and it helps people either through her lyrics or by generating a cultural examination and social conversation on the experiences of sexism, unhealthy relationships, empowered women, and healing. 

Megan Pete is more than an artist, she is a mental health advocate and her music continues to uplift women despite the racist and sexist people who try to minimize her talent, influence, vision, and success. 

Thee Stallion created an online resource for mental health aptly called, BadBitchesHaveBadDaysToo.com

If you are struggling with anxiety and live in Alaska, I am accepting new adult clients for individual and group counseling services via telehealth. I offer group therapy for femme adults, C.A.L.M. Group therapy (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [CBT] for Anxiety Laden Minds)

About the Author:

Welcome! 

My name is Nicole Zegiestowsky, M.S. (she/her) and I am a pre-licensed therapist at Stellar Insight Counseling.

I am an LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent affirming therapist who works with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and perinatal/postpartum mental health.

If you seeking a new therapist and live in Alaska, I am accepting new telehealth clients: call me today or use the form below to schedule a free 20-minute initial consultation call to see if we’re a good fit.

References

NIMH

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder