"There was one day I went to the hospital for psychiatric care. I needed to take a break. I couldn't do anything ... I completely crashed. It was really scary. There was a time where I didn't think I could get better.... I feel really lucky to be alive. I know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go."
"I did A Star Is Born on lithium."
"Being in love with someone that cares about the real me made a very big difference."
Lady Gaga starred as Ally in A Star Is Born, winning an Oscar for Best Original Song for "Shallow" and receiving a Best Actress nomination. She reported filming A Star Is Born while on lithium after years of suppressing trauma from being raped at 19. After filming she began the Joanne world tour and experienced a psychotic break that led to psychiatric hospitalization and canceling the tour. She described completely crashing and fearing she might not recover, yet feeling lucky to be alive. During House of Gucci she had a psychiatric nurse on set. Her fiancé Michael Polansky and months of rediscovery helped her reclaim herself and inspired the title Mayhem.
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