Kesha says she "almost died" before going into rehabilitation. Photo / AP
Kesha says she "almost died" before going into rehabilitation. Photo / AP
Kesha says she "almost died" before seeking help in a rehab clinic for an eating disorder in 2014.
The Tik Tok hitmaker, 30, says a lack of self-confidence can lead people into a spiral of negative feelings and that's just what happened to her, according to the DailyMail.
"If you feel a certain way about yourself, your body - it can kill you. I almost died. I came closer than I ever knew," she revealed during Refinery 29's Reclaiming the Internet SXSW panel in Austin, Texas.
She continued: "By the time I entered rehab, they were surprised I hadn't had a stroke - because I hadn't consumed enough. I'm not ashamed anymore. It's emotional because it's a deep-rooted disease. It can really affect your self-worth."
The 30-year-old singer revealed she tries to avoid reading negative comments about herself online but admits it is difficult to avoid them.
She added: "I try to limit myself in terms of reading comments because there can be a million positive ones, but I always gravitate towards the one negative one. I hold on to that and I internalize it and I know it's an unhealthy habit. I've stopped reading comments.
"I was making trolls, I was making bullies, I was making people I had never met before - who were projecting their insecurities on me, on the internet - I was making them the truth, the higher power."
