Lily Allen Shares Her Journey with Therapy After She Stopped eating

Singer Lily Allen has opened up about her struggles with mental health, revealing that she has stopped eating and is not in a good place mentally. 

During a podcast episode of “Miss Me” with her best friend and co-host Miquita Oliver, Lily spoke candidly about how her mental health has affected her appetite, explaining that she rarely feels hungry these days. 

Lily also shared that she has been undergoing therapy while adjusting to life in New York , where she now lives with her two children, Ethel Mary (13) and Marnie Rose (11), along with her husband, actor David Harbour.

Narrating the ordeal, she said: “I’ve been going through a tough time over the last few months and my eating has become an issue.

“My therapist and I talk about it and she says “How long has this been going on?” And I said, “Well, about three years really.” And she’s like, “OK, why haven’t you mentioned it before?”

“And it’s not because I’m lying about it. It’s just because it’s not seemed at the top of the list of important things that I need to talk about, but obviously it is.

‘”I’m not really good at talking about the bigger picture. That’s something about my ADHD as well, that I don’t link things. 

“And also, my body and my brain are two very separate things to me. I know a lot of people feel those two things are very connected to each other, but for me it’s very different. I spend a lot of time in my head, and not a lot of time thinking about my body.

“I’m really not in a great place mentally at the moment, and I’m not eating. I’m not hungry. I obviously am hungry, but my body and brain are so disconnected from each other that my body… the messages of hunger are not going through my body to my brain. 

“I’m not avoiding food, I’m just not thinking about it because I’m so in my head. My body’s, like, a few steps behind me.

Her reason relocating, she said: “One of the reasons I moved here is because I feel like it’s a much more encouraging environment in which my children can thrive.

“Just an example of that would be when I decided to do a play even though I’d never acted before and certainly didn’t have any experience in the theatre.

“When I would tell Americans about it, they’d be like: “Oh my God, that’s so exciting! You’re gonna learn so much, you’re gonna kill it!”

“And then when I’d tell English people about it they’d be like: “A play? Have you ever done that before? Aren’t you scared?” Culturally, we’re just very different.”

Lily Allen also made headlines in 2021 when she had to defend herself against criticism over her weight loss. This came after a troll accused her of looking “too thin” following a video clip she shared from her appearance on The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan.