Lady Gaga has been an outspoken celebrity advocate for mental health, inspiring fans with her journey from bullied child to award-winning global superstar. But at the start of her battle with anxiety and depression, she was just a regular kid who needed her mom. “As a parent I wasn’t prepared to really address this,” said Gaga’s mother, Cynthia Germanotta, on “CBS This Morning.” “She went through a lot of difficult times — humiliated, taunted, isolated. In 2012, Gaga and her mother co-founded the Born This Way Foundation, which empowers young people to practice mental and emotional wellness. Germanotta now provides others with tools and advice to help their loved ones who are suffering as the “Shallow” singer once did.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 23, 2019 17:26 UTC