Lorde Shares Heartbreaking Update While Battling Mystery Illness

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Lorde is sharing some rare insight into her life. In a recent newsletter to fans, he 26-year-old “Green Light” singer opened up about battling a mystery illness, revealing that she stopped taking the medication she’s been on for the past decade. Keep reading to find out more… “The little yellow pill I took every morning for thousands of mornings since I was 15, I stopped taking it 5 days ago,” Lorde wrote in her newsletter shared on Wednesday (Sept.

20). “Gonna see how it goes.” The decision to stop taking the medication comes amid the ongoing health issues that she’s been battling for the past year. “My body is really inflamed, it’s trying to tell me something and I’m trying to support it but nothing seems to help and I get frustrated,” Lorde shared. “My gut isn’t working properly, my skin is worse than ever, I’ve gotten sick half a dozen times.” Lorde then spoke about her relationship with her body, admitting that she feels as though she previously neglected it. “I realized earlier this year that listening to my body is hard for me, it’s something I never really learned how to do,” Lorde wrote. “I’ve been trying to teach myself that this year, but it’s been hard actually, pretty confronting, has made me fully aware of all the times I ignored it or didn’t give it what it needed, shamed it for a fight or flight response, took a handful of pills and pushed through.” In addition to her health update, Lorde said she’s “living with heartbreak again.” Lorde has been in a relationship with music producer Justin Warren since 2016. “It’s different but the same,” Lorde continued. “I ache all the time, I forget why and then remember.