Chappell Roan diagnosed with 'severe depression' and says fame has changed her life

Musician Chappell Roan said she believes her problems stem from however overmuch her beingness has changed implicit a abbreviated play of clip arsenic she described fame arsenic an 'abusive husband'

Chappell Roan has been diagnosed with terrible depression.

The 26-year-old popular prima has been unfastened astir her conflict dealing with fame and has been attending therapy sessions doubly a week to woody with her caller personage presumption and she's revealed her diagnosis came arsenic a daze due to the fact that she doesn't really consciousness "sad".

She told the Guardian newspaper: "I’m successful therapy doubly a week. I went to a psychiatrist past week due to the fact that I was like, I don’t cognize what’s going on.

"She diagnosed maine with terrible slump – which I didn’t deliberation I had due to the fact that I’m not really sad. But I person each grounds of idiosyncratic who’s severely depressed."

Chappell revealed her symptoms see encephalon fog, forgetfulness and mediocre absorption arsenic good arsenic "a precise lacklustre viewpoint".

The vocalist went connected to explicate she thinks her problems stem from however overmuch her beingness has changed implicit a abbreviated play of time.

She added: "I deliberation it’s due to the fact that my full beingness has changed. Everything that I truly emotion to bash present comes with baggage. If I privation to spell thrifting, I person to publication information and hole myself that this is not going to beryllium normal.

"Going to the park, pilates, yoga – however bash I bash this successful a harmless mode wherever I’m not going to beryllium stalked oregon harassed?"

It comes aft Chappell compared fame to "an abusive ex-husband".

In an interrogation with The Face magazine, she explained: "I consciousness similar fame is conscionable abusive. The vibe of this – stalking, talking s*** online, [people who] won’t permission you alone, yelling astatine you successful nationalist – is the vibe of an abusive ex-husband.

"That’s what it feels like. I didn’t cognize it would consciousness this bad."

However, Chappell admitted she inactive loves getting affirmative feedback from her fans, adding: "Everyone’s like,‘Oh yeah, she’s truly intense,’ which, whatever, fine.

"But I don’t precise often get:‘Oh my God, you person specified a bully vibe.’ I deliberation that conscionable stems backmost to childhood, of [wanting] radical to judge that I’m a bully idiosyncratic and maine believing it, too. So it means a batch erstwhile I perceive that.

"I can’t work my DMs anymore, due to the fact that I outcry truthful much. But erstwhile radical are like,‘Whatever you’re doing, it helped me’ - I don’t deliberation immoderate grant oregon immoderate wealth oregon immoderate tin beryllium exchanged for that compliment.

"I don’t attraction astir thing else, but giving abstraction to radical to beryllium free. Because that’s what I needed truthful bad: freedom."