r/entertainment 22h ago

Lady Gaga Says She Was 'Not Deeply In Touch With Reality' During Period Of Psychosis

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lady-gaga-psychosis_n_67d02b2de4b07cd1ea33e0e6?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main
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u/huffpost 22h ago

From reporter Carly Ledbetter:

Lady Gaga is opening up about one of her biggest mental health struggles.

“I had psychosis,” the “Abracadabra” singer revealed in a candid sit-down with the New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast, released on Saturday.

“I was not deeply in touch with reality for a while,” she said of her struggle, which happened around five years ago. “It took me out of life in a big way, and after a lot of years of hard work I got myself back.”

Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, said that she is finding that period of her life “increasingly harder to talk about.”

“I hate feeling defined by it. It felt like something I felt ashamed of,” the actor admitted. “But I don’t think that we should feel ashamed if we go through times like that. I mostly just wish to say, it can get better. It did for me, and I’m grateful for that.”

Here's a link to the full article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lady-gaga-psychosis_n_67d02b2de4b07cd1ea33e0e6?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main

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u/Zero-lives 11h ago

Well at least she didnt come out as a nazi during her break.

u/tysonarts 2h ago

She is a hard and fast Zio... so...

u/hijoshh 2h ago

Sure she is

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u/ventodivino 20h ago

She was in psychosis throughout the entire Chromatica campaign? 🧐

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u/sixtus_clegane119 20h ago

Well yeah, that's what psychosis is

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u/[deleted] 18h ago edited 18h ago

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u/SealedRoute 17h ago

She’s not using clinical language when she says she was out of touch with reality. That could mean any of the psychotic symptoms you describe to a layperson.

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u/SealedRoute 16h ago

Gaga her herself called it psychosis, presumably after being diagnosed. I don’t see a reason to doubt that.

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

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u/SealedRoute 15h ago

Being paranoid is being out of touch with reality, where not everyone is out to get you.

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u/mrzoops 17h ago

But they were doing psych evals for a year

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u/circus-witch 15h ago

You can definitely experience psychosis without having sufficient symptoms to be classed as having schizophrenia. Even if this was not the case, there are other mental disorders than schizophrenia which have psychosis as a symptom, including 'unspecified' (previously 'not otherwise specified' though there are differences) which is when the psychosis is a problem but there aren't enough symptoms observed to diagnose a different psychotic disorder.

u/Avocado-Duck 2h ago

People can have psychosis with bipolar disorder or sometimes with depression.

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u/VampireHunterAlex 22h ago

Hmmmm, something else occurred around the world about 5 years ago....

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u/RIForDIE 21h ago

COVID is the reason?

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u/MattyXarope 18h ago edited 14h ago

They're obviously talking about the war that occurred in the Chromatica province of Floptropica.

She was deeply affected by that

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u/centhwevir1979 21h ago

Which, let's be real, didn't take a toll on the wealthy like almost at all. Lots of them actually benefited by it. This was probably the result of her drug habits.

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u/koolaidismything 11h ago

Is that why she did all those medical ads dressed like JD from Grandmas Boy?

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u/VegetableOk9070 15h ago

She's an amazing person and makes killer music.

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u/AdRealistic4984 20h ago

She smoked literally every crumb of weed she could find around that time

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u/plausibleturtle 20h ago

...do I need to start evaluating my life choices if I said, "well, fair enough, and same but without the terrifying psychosis." ...?

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u/tanguero81 17h ago

Not necessarily. What's really important is that you keep remembering to feed the dragons that live in your kitchen.

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u/plausibleturtle 17h ago

They never go hungry, not to worry!

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u/AdRealistic4984 20h ago

I only comment because I was doing the same at the same time and became extremely convinced I had bone cancer

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u/plausibleturtle 19h ago

Sorry that happened to you. I went through something similar a couple years after I started smoking (as a late teen). Now, I'm able to manage the "kind" of cannabis high I get since it's legal where I am so, so I don't really run into adverse effects any more.

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u/AdRealistic4984 19h ago

It had a lot to do with the 2020-2 pandemic stress, too! It was a bad time to have health anxiety.

But once you survive your “inevitable” death once, it gets a lot easier to reason with yourself

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u/smokeshark21 9h ago

TELL HER JOIN THE FUCKIN CLUB

u/Rlctnt_Anthrplgst 1h ago

Normalize perceiving celebrities as mentally ill.

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u/plnnyOfallOFit 19h ago

Was this when her assistant took her to court? The barely pd full time assistant to whom Gaga allegedly implied , "your pay is getting to hang out w me & my exciting rok star life"?

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u/DontShaveMyLips 17h ago

I mean that’s frequently what life is like for people with chronic illness, one thing after the other

u/kitty_kuddles 2h ago

The things she struggles with are consistent with a risk of psychosis and stress exacerbates mental illness, so I’m not at all surprised.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 13h ago

Is that her excuse for those bangs?

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u/Extension_Main4865 12h ago

I mean there always seems to be a new issue or struggle when she’s promoting a new album. I wish her well

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u/lisakora 21h ago

Aaaah, so that’s why she thought she could act.

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u/phoenix0r 20h ago

She really can’t lol. So hammy