Gaga at the Emotion revolution summit

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Watch at 1:35, 2:20, 3:51, and 8:10. I put the transcript under the spoiler for those who are lazy. Its interesting to rewatch this now after some recent revelations. She talked a lot about the symptoms she had/has but didn't call it PTSD. I wonder when she got diagnosed? Its also just a really great interview and conversation,( besides her interrupting the students a few times). She is so smart, articulate, down to earth, and a genuinely caring person who wants to use her platform to make the world a better place. 

Spoiler

 

1:35

“When I was writing BTW, I asked myself how I really felt. How I really synthesize my life and what I discovered that there was a lot of repressed rage and sadness I have not dealt with for years.”

2:20

“Physical and emotional pain come from the same place”

 3:51,

“I invented myself, Lady Gaga and curated my life to be an expression of my pain. This is how I overcame my depression, by creating somebody that I felt was stronger than me. But, once I went through all sorts of changes, my career taking off, becoming more isolated, nothing was able to fix how I was genetically made. I was BTW. So what do we do now, knowing all that? No matter how much success you have, how many opportunities, fame, fortune, no matter how many people accept you to your face, the person who really needs to accept you is you. “

 8:10

“I have some sort of anxiety, depression something that’s changed my whole life. I take anti depressant medication for it. I’ve tried to get off of it. My Dr. always tells me not to, that its not safe for me to. Whenever I’ve tried I’ve gotten very neurotic, manic, sick. So, I have have had to study all different types of ways [of coping]. But I was thinking to myself, why is it that I have to dig into all these different areas just to figure out how to function? There is no way that what I have at my fingertips as a public figure, its not possible that I have the resources that other kids have, so this is not fair [I think she meant the other way around]. I started looking into ayurvedic medicine, mindfullness, meditation, I started looking into a mantra, I do acupuncture, I do cupping, I pray sometimes, I make music, write poetry, act….I realized that part of my identity was saying “no” to things I didn’t want to do”

 

Does anyone remember when she posted this? I got such a kick out of it.  

"What the ****. So does this mean I have multiple personality disorder."

[blackstar 11,512]

My favourite interview since MTV's Inside the Outside interview.

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When I first watched this I was hanging on her every word. She looks absolutely stunning here.