Will Young 明らかにする／漏らすs pulling out of 厳密に Come Dancing in 2016 was the 'hardest point' of his career as he 戦う／戦いd PTSD and panic attacks '24 hours a day'

Will Young has 述べるd having to pull out of 厳密に in 2016 as 'the hardest point' of his entire career.

The singer and songwriter, 45,? who was 診断するd with コンビナート／複合体 PTSD and 苦しむing with extreme panic attacks, said he went against 医療の professionals' advice and competed on the BBC?show at the time he wasn't 井戸／弁護士席 enough to.

He heartbreakingly told how he was 'having panic attacks 24 hours a day' and that he couldn't even leave the house to go to the shops 予定 to his 苦悩.

The 星／主役にする, who is now 支援する with a new 選び出す／独身 落ちるing 深い, said on the How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast on Wednesday: 'I wish I had experienced it when I wasn't ill because I would've loved it!'

'I love dancing, I trained in ballet and 同時代の. I was 現実に really excited about doing the show but just leaving the house going 20 yards to the corner shop was hard.

Will Young has 述べるd having to pull out of 厳密に in 2016 as 'the hardest point' of his entire career

The singer and songwriter, 45, who was 診断するd with コンビナート／複合体 PTSD and 苦しむing with extreme panic attacks, said he went against 医療の professionals' advice and competed on the BBC show at the time he wasn't 井戸／弁護士席 enough to

'I was in the middle of a 長引いた 決裂／故障 and PTSD, and I learned very quickly I wasn't able to do this. It was a 高くする，増すd agoraphobia. Imagine having panic attacks 24 hours a day. I don't know how I managed it, to be honest.'

'I don't see it as a 失敗 but I see it as probably the hardest point of my career.'

Will - who was paire d with プロの／賛成の?Karen Hauer - 追加するd that he'd choose a male partner, if he were to compete on 厳密に now -? an 選択 that wasn't 現在のd to him 支援する in the day.

He explained: 'If I did it now, I would dance with a male partner. I don't think it was an 選択 [支援する then]. I don't think it was a conversation, no.'

The singer, who won the 就任の Pop Idol series in 2002, also said （激しい）反発 from the show left him feeling unwelcome in the music 産業.

He explained: 'I think for a long time there was （激しい）反発 to Pop Idol. There was やめる a （激しい）反発 and I 設立する that really hard.?

'So I'd go to things and hear people slagging me off. People who were my heroes. So I felt very unwelcome within music. I think that took me a long time to shake - maybe I've never really shaken it.'

'It broke my heart. I was 22 and I would hear people [talking about me], and since they didn't like the show, they didn't like me!'

Will - who was paired with プロの／賛成の Karen Hauer - 追加するd that he'd choose a male partner, if he were to compete on 厳密に now - an 選択 that wasn't 現在のd to him 支援する in the day

He heartbreakingly told how he was 'having panic attacks 24 hours a day' and that he couldn't even leave the house to go to the shops 予定 to his 苦悩

However, Will 追加するd with over 20 years in music now, he feels more settled and proud of his longevity.

'There's a 広大な／多数の／重要な moment when you've been doing it awhile and you suddenly think, 'Oh I've been doing this a while now and I'm STILL doing it'.

'It was after 8 or 10 years [into my career] and I ran into Florence + the Machine, and I think she was pleased to see me. And I thought, 'I've been doing it a while'. And then you sort of settle in a bit and now I'm at the 行う／開催する／段階 where, in part, it sort of feels like I'm just getting going, 現実に!'

It comes after in 2021 Will?詳細（に述べる）d how he was left with PTSD after …に出席するing 搭乗 school with abusive teachers.

The 星／主役にする, spoke candidly with The 後見人?about his experience at prep school in the 80s, and 認める that some of things he saw and experienced were 'appalling'.

Looking 支援する, he （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to the 出版（物） that some staff would throw children 'against radiators' and 引き裂く out the only phone they had to 接触する their parents or ChildLine, and would also leer at them whilst getting changed.

He 反映するd: 'We weren't 許すd to wear pants under our football shorts, so my d**k used to 落ちる out of my football shorts when I got 取り組むd. いっそう少なく washing.?

'I saw kids 存在 made to change on the football pitch because they had worn pants. Teachers looking at our penises in the にわか雨, in the bath.'

The singer, who won the 就任の Pop Idol series in 2002, also said （激しい）反発 from the show left him feeling unwelcome in the music 産業

'It was appalling. That's why I've got PTSD. There was such a sense of 不正 from things that I experienced and 証言，証人／目撃するd. I think I escaped ? not that it didn't 損失 me.'?

He also （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that there were some things he couldn't 'talk about' in the interview, but said there was a teacher that students knew not to get in a car with, and other staff who would get drunk and 'roll around' in the children's 寄宿舎s.

Will …に出席するd the school と一緒に his brother Rupert, who tragically took his own life in August 2020? に引き続いて years of 戦う／戦いing with mental health and 中毒.?

Will Young's 選び出す／独身 落ちるing 深い is out now. Tickets for his Light It Up UK 小旅行する go on sale on Friday, and his new album Light It Up is out on 9 August.