Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Nathaniel Wood urges people struggling to reach out as he details OCD and anxiety battle
dailystar.co.ukUFC prospect Nathaniel Wood has urged those struggling with their mental health to find someone to talk to on World Mental Health Day as he hails the support of his family and therapist.The 29-year-old Londoner has opened up about his lifelong battle with OCD and anxiety which originated in childhood, explaining how speaking honestly to his loved ones has helped.Wood, who began fighting professionally back in 2012, first started seeing signs of his condition as a child - before he understood what it meant.Speaking to Daily Star Sport, Wood said: "I remember know having bad OCD when I was a kid.
When I was about seven years old and it breaks my heart now looking back and not knowing what it was.READ MORE: Nathaniel Wood 'has purpose back' after two-year absence"I didn't know it was anxiety and only now do I release why I was that way."I've learned to deal with it and I know when I'm having up and downs, the people around me that matter know how to help me and thankfully I've always had them to talk to."Wood defended the Cage Warriors Bantamweight Championship twice before being called into the UFC, winning against Charles Rosa and Charles Jourdain this year to bring his overall record to 19-5.He continued: "When I'm anxious and going into a fight I'm thinking the worst things.
The four weeks before the Charles Rosa fight all I'm thinking of is that he is going to beat me up."When you're thinking that the only thing I can do is go in the gym and train even harder."I opened up a can of worms in a way but it's good to have everybody talking about it.
I explained what I've had to deal with and after my fights I get so many responses thanking me from people going through similar things."If me talking helps one person, then.
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