Dolores O’Riordan Suffered With Anxiety When With The Cranberries
The Cranberries star Dolores O’Riordan suffered a nervous breakdown and anorexia because the band was so successful. The singer says she couldn’t eat or sleep when the Irish rockers reached the height of fame more than a decade ago.
She says, “I honestly think that it was beyond anorexia - it was bigger than that. I was having a nervous breakdown. Losing lots of weight.
“I wasn’t sleeping, I couldn’t eat. I was suffering an awful lot from out-of-control anxiety attacks. I just couldn’t control my motor skills - I was panicking too much to move my limbs.
“So I went to see the psychiatrist and he just said it was too much stress.”
O’Riordan left the band after suffering a breakdown in 2003.
via StarPulse
I believe it’s strong by Dolores to overcome an eating disorder/serious breakdown. I know it’s a hellhole to be in the middle of it. been in ana for ages now and it seems like it’s not a thing I can overcome, I fool myself but reading about a hero like Dolores telling her story makes it easier to survive step by step. everyone who can should buy her album. and in the same time I wish people could stop looking at us like we’re freaks, cause in our mirror we are freaks enough. people say they understand how we can suffer through depression, eating disorder.. but who many can say thay really understand and are ready to be our helping hand when it comes to that point?
Comment by liljan — May 11, 2007 @ 3:39 pm