Lewis Capaldi's road to success affected his mental health
Lewis Capaldi suffered a lot on his journey to success
Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi felt a lot of pressure for album No.2 which began taking a toll on him both mentally and physically.
When Lewis headed back to his hometown for the COVID-19 pandemic , he was expected to start work on his second album .
The singer told the makers of a new Netflix documentary based on his life, "Making the first album was as close to dreams coming true as you could possibly get."
"But as soon as the first album does well, it's like can he do it again though?"
He adds, "A global pandemic is only in the top three weird things to have happened to me in the last three years."
His rise to success and increased expectations left him dealing with panic attacks , a shoulder twitch and a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome.
The documentary tackles his imposter syndrome. His shoulder twitch began to worsen as he continues writing for his second album.
"I'm not confident in my abilities as a songwriter and I think that's got worse the more successful I've got."
"The twitch that I have gets worse when I sit down to play the piano. Physically painful."
Further adding, "And I get really short of breath and it's like my back kills me when I go to do it. Which is quite ... frightful."
The panic attacks made him go terribly insane.
"I'm completely disconnected from reality, I can't breathe, I can't feel breath going in. I get dizzy, I feel like something's happening in my head and I'm sweating."