{"id":283068,"date":"2019-11-06T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1090121"},"modified":"2019-11-06T07:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:46:00","slug":"lady-gaga-shares-her-history-with-self-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/lady-gaga-shares-her-history-with-self-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga Shares Her History With Self-Harm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Lady<\/p>\n

S\u00f8lve Sundsb\u00f8<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lady Gaga<\/a><\/strong>wants you to reach out to those you see suffering. <\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning triple threat has long been publicly open about her mental health struggles<\/a> and the trauma she has suffered<\/a> over the years, but in a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey<\/a><\/strong> for Elle<\/a><\/em>, the star has newly shared a part of her history previously kept private. <\/p>\n

While discussing the rapes she suffered as a teenager<\/a> and the various trauma she has carried through her career, Gaga told Winfrey, “I have PTSD. I have chronic pain. Neuropathic pain trauma response is a weekly part of my life. I’m on medication; I have several doctors. This is how I survive.”<\/p>\n

However, “I kept going,” the star continued, “and that kid out there or even that adult out there who’s been through so much, I want them to know that they can keep going, and they can survive, and they can win their Oscar. I would also beckon to anyone to try, when they feel ready, to ask for help. And I would beckon to others that if they see someone suffering, to approach them and say, ‘Hey, I see you. I see that you’re suffering, and I’m here. Tell me your story.'”<\/p>\n

In response, Winfrey brought up Avatar<\/em>‘s message of “I see you,” which prompted Gaga to share her history with cutting. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve actually not opened up very much about this, but I think it’s an important thing for people to know and hear: I was a cutter for a long time, and the only way that I was able to stop cutting and self-harming myself was to realize that what I was doing was trying to show people that I was in pain instead of telling them and asking for help,” she explained to Winfrey. “When I realized that telling someone, ‘Hey, I am having an urge to hurt myself,’ that defused it. I then had someone next to me saying, ‘You don’t have to show me. Just tell me: What are you feeling right now?’ And then I could just tell my story.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Lady<\/p>\n

S\u00f8lve Sundsb\u00f8<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The songstress noted, “I say that with a lot of humility and strength; I’m very grateful that I don’t do it anymore, and I wish to not glamorize it. One thing that I would suggest to people who struggle with trauma response or self-harm issues or suicidal ideation is actually ice. If you put your hands in a bowl of ice-cold water, it shocks the nervous system, and it brings you back to reality.”<\/p>\n

Fortunately, her trauma no longer seems insurmountable. “I once believed that there was no way back from my trauma. I really did. I was in physical, mental, and emotional pain,” Gaga told Winfrey. “And medicine works, but you need medicine with the therapy for it to really work, because there’s a part that you have to do yourself.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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