Lewis Capaldi reveals he's receiving therapy after crippling battle with anxiety

The chart sensation from Whitburn revealed that being in lockdown has actually been a big help, as it's given him the time to get professional help for his mental health struggles.

Speaking in an interview with a US radio station, the Someone You Love hitmaker explained that he started suffering from nightly panic attacks after playing massive arena shows at the beginning of this year.

The 23-year-old singer said he has been speaking to a cognitive behavioural therapist while confined to his parents’ West Lothian home.

Lewis said: “My anxiety was pretty bad just before lockdown. I did a big arena tour in the UK and Ireland, and every night before I went on stage, I was having really bad anxiety and panic attacks.

“I don’t know what it was – maybe it was the size of the venues I was playing.

“When lockdown came, it was a bit bittersweet. Obviously, I had all these shows planned, but, at the same time, I had really heightened anxiety. This has given me time to speak to a CBT therapist and get a handle on it.”

As reported in the Evening News, Lewis joined thousands of activists at Edinburgh’s Black Lives Matter event in Holyrood Park on Sunday afternoon.

He was pictured wearing a black hoodie and a black mask among the sea of demonstrators shouting anti-racist slogans.

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