CHERYL has revealed she had therapy for a year in a bid to stop her anxiety while raising Bear.
The singer admits she has battled fears in her head since she was a teen, but felt ready to face them after becoming a mum.
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“I think I actually walked through the fire to be honest,” Cheryl told BBC Radio One.
“I struggled for so long in silence, I wouldn’t even open up to friends and family. I was very closed.
“I actually had therapy for a year. I struggled for so many years with anxiety and in my own head, thinking things… I didn’t want that to be happening when I was trying to focus on raising a child.
“It felt like my responsibilities shifted and my priorities changed and I needed to be settled in my own head to be able to give him the best that I could possibly give him.”
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Cheryl has kept her secret battle quiet for decades, but recently confessed she had been “living on adrenaline and anxiety” since she was a teenager.
After falling pregnant, the star said she felt stronger in herself and didn’t want to let go of that feeling when she became a mum.
Cheryl said: “I was so warm inside, and I found it amazing, I guess because I’ve lived on adrenaline and anxiety for so many years.
“I didn’t want the anxiety to come back. I wanted to stay in that strength. And it really has been helping a lot.”
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Liam Payne’s ex took four years out of the limelight before her comeback last year, revealing she needed it for her own well-being.
She recently explained on Jessie Ware’s new Table Manners podcast: “I needed it for my sanity. I honestly didn’t know how much I needed it until I did it. I’d just had enough.
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“I wasn’t inspired, I was jaded. It felt like a negative space I was living in and then you get to the point where it’s like ‘What is the point?’
“I could be doing something I hate doing and feel the same way, so why am I like putting myself through this? I like a balance. I like peace and harmony in my life.”
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