Natalie Imbruglia reveals ‘brutal’ life-changing diagnoses: ‘Felt like someone had taken some of my personality’

Natalie Imbruglia has opened up astir receiving 2 life-changing wellness diagnoses wrong speedy succession.

The Australian popular star, 51, has revealed that she has been diagnosed pinch some hyperactivity upset (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive upset (OCD).

She confessed that nan effects of perimenopause had made her “really angry” and would lend to her anxiety earlier performing.

Natalie Imbruglia has opened up astir receiving 2 life-changing wellness diagnoses wrong speedy succession. Jules Annan / BACKGRID

“You sanction it, there’s a sprinkle of it. They’re conscionable labels. It’s not a negative, it’s my superpower,” she told The Sunday Times.

“But there’s a peculiar point astir my neurodiversity that’s difficult for maine to accept, which is really I get erstwhile I’m tense earlier a show. Perimenopause made it worse.”

Imbruglia added, “Let’s conscionable opportunity it was a grieving process. I was really angry. I fell disconnected a cliff. It felt for illustration personification had taken immoderate of my personality.”

Imbruglia is simply a azygous mother and welcomed boy Max Valentine Imbruglia, six, solo via IVF and an anonymous sperm philanthropist backmost successful 2019.

She told nan “How To Fail” podcast earlier this twelvemonth that nan acquisition was really difficult for her.

“It’s beautiful brutal,” Imbruglia said. “The ‘two-week wait’ earlier uncovering retired I was pregnant was really tough”.

“In fact, I retrieve erstwhile I recovered retired I was pregnant, nan 1 point connected my mind was each female connected nan satellite who was still waiting,” she said. “Oh, it makes maine emotional.”

“You sanction it, there’s a sprinkle of it. They’re conscionable labels. It’s not a negative, it’s my superpower,” Imbruglia told The Sunday Times. Jules Annan / BACKGRID

Meanwhile, Canadian rocker Bryan Adams announced this week that he’s being joined by Imbruglia for his forthcoming Australian tour.

She’ll nary uncertainty beryllium performing her smash deed single, Torn, which she released successful 1997.

In nan iconic euphony video, Imbruglia wore service pants and a casual zipped hoodie.

Years later, nan vocalist has revealed nan outfit wasn’t “in fashion,” and that she wore it owed to insecurities astir her body.

“The service pants weren‘t moreover cool service pants, they weren’t successful manner aliases anything,” Imbruglia told The Independent.

“My volition successful wearing that was truthful that you couldn’t spot my silhouette, because I didn’t want anyone to see. But it ended up that location was a powerfulness successful that because it was for illustration [seen as] androgyny cool.

“But it really came from a spot of ‘Thank God I don’t person to deterioration a dress.’”