Avril Lavigne has spoken out about her health struggles with Lyme Disease.
The singer opened up about how she felt extremely fatigued and her body ached when she was touring in 2014.
The singer also spoke to Billboard about how the concerning pains and lack of energy led to her asking herself: “What the f**k is wrong with me?”
Avril candidly discussed how she spent two years in bed due to her battle with Lyme disease.
The singer said: “I was in bed for f**king two years. It’s a bug — a spirochete — so you take these antibiotics, and they start killing it.”
“But it’s a smart bug: It morphs into a cystic form, so you have to take other antibiotics at the same time, it went undiagnosed for so long that I was kind of f**ked.”
The singer opened up in the interview and mentioned a terrifying night when she thought she could possibly die.
“I had accepted that I was dying. And I felt in that moment like I was underwater and drowning, and I was trying to come up to gasp for air. And literally under my breath, I was like ‘God, help me keep my head above the water.'”
Avril admitted that this traumatic night was the inspiration for her song, ‘Head Above Water’.
Despite the tough time she had during the break, Avril was grateful to take some time out.
“The silver lining of it is that I’ve really had the time to be able to just be present, instead of being, like, a machine: studio, tour, studio, tour. This is the first break I’ve ever taken since I was 15.”
