Lady Gaga left in ‘catatonic state’ by rise to fame and battled depression: ‘I didn’t want to be myself’

metro.co.uk:

Lady Gaga was left in a ‘catatonic state’ by the speed of becoming a celebrity, she now admits.Life moved too fast after her global hit Just Dance in 2008.

She was still trying to catch her breath right up until the release of her latest record, Chromatica, this summer.Gaga, no stranger to the headlines with kooky fashion choices such as her meat dress and carrying a teacup as an accessory, confessed: ‘I used to wake up in the morning, and I would realise I was “Lady Gaga”.

And then I became very depressed and sad, and I didn’t want to be myself.’The singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, says fame didn’t turn out to be as she had imagined. ‘I felt threatened by the things my career brought into my life and the pace of my life,’ admitted.