Lewis Capaldi confirms he’ll quit music if Tourette’s syndrome worsens
The 26-year-old singer-songwriter revealed that performing is the only thing that triggers the syndrome and although the trade off is worth it right now, it might not always be.
‘It’s only making music that does this to me, otherwise I can be fine for months at a time, so it’s a weird situation,’ Lewis shared.
‘Right now, the trade-off is worth it, but if it gets to a point where I’m doing irreparable damage to myself, I’ll quit.’
He added to The Times: ‘I hate hyperbole but it is a very real possibility that I will have to pack music in.’
The star has previously spoken about how performing triggers his tics.
According to footage from his upcoming Netflix documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, seen by the Daily Star, Lewis said: ‘The twitches became out of control it was awful, absolutely horrific. I started to get in my head about it, you know these pressures about things.
‘Rather than just me singing my silly little songs other people are depending on me.’
He added: ‘My twitch gets worse when I sit down to play piano, physically painful. And I get really short of breath and it’s like my back f****** kills me when I go to do it.’
‘It feels like I’m going insane. Completely disconnected from reality,’ Lewis also said in the documentary, which hits the streaming giant this week.
‘I can’t breathe. I get dizzy. I’m sweating, my whole body starts convulsing. Either I feel like I’m going to be stuck with it forever or I’m going to die.’
The Lost On You singer told fans about his Tourette’s diagnosis last year.
Lewis revealed the decision to speak up on Instagram was sparked when he started ‘twitching a wee bit on stage’ in summer.
‘I was like, “Yeah, I’ve got Tourette’s. Don’t worry about it”,’ he said. ‘And then it became this thing. If something’s going on with me, I’ll share it with the room. [It] makes me feel better to share.’
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