Lady Gaga Admits That She Still Deals With Depression 'Every Single Day'
The singer also discussed her Born This Way Foundation.
— -- Lady Gaga has previously spoken out about her battle with depression, and in a new interview with Billboard, the singer revealed that she still struggles with depression and anxiety "every single day."
Lady Gaga opened up about her Born This Way Foundation, and admitted to her personal struggles with depression and anxiety in Billboard magazine's philanthropy issue.
"I’ve suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life, I still suffer with it every single day," she said. "I just want these kids to know that that depth that they feel as human beings is normal. We were born that way. This modern thing, where everyone is feeling shallow and less connected? That's not human."
The "Born This Way" singer said that she believes she is fulfilling her "life purpose," through her work with the Born This Way Foundation, because she is helping troubled kids know that they are not alone in the world.
"When I see the friendships these kids have built. When I see a child with an eating disorder sit down with somebody who has a lifelong terminal illness and somebody who’s in transition -- that makes me feel like we’re doing something no one else is."
Lady Gaga is featured on the cover of the new Billboard issue alongside singer-songwriter Elton John, whom Lady Gaga says "inspires [her] in ways [she] could not even begin to list properly."
"He looks out for me, he was there for me during the hardest times in my life. He doesn't allow me to slip into depression without making sure that I’m OK. Everything he has done for AIDS, everything he has done for the LGBT community. He's just everything -- when I’m with him, I just want to help be a part of his genius plan to save the world."
Lady Gaga joins stars such as Cara Delevingne and Zelda Williams in their public admissions of dealing with depression.
The Billboard philanthropy issue will be released Oct. 24.
