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"  Lady Gaga has spoken about her struggles in the last year. The singer admitted that she found it hard to cope at the end of 2013. Speaking to Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar, she said: &amp;quot;I became very depressed at the end of 2013. I was exhausted fighting people off. I couldn&amp;#039;t even feel my own heartbeat. I was angry, cynical, and had this deep sadness like an anchor dragging everywhere I go. &amp;quot;I just didn&amp;#039;t feel like fighting anymore. I didn&amp;#039;t feel like standing up for myself one more time - to one more person who lied to me.&amp;quot; Gaga also talked about how she pulled herself out of her depression saying: &amp;quot;January 1, I woke up, started crying again, and I looked in the mirror and said, &amp;#039;I know you don&amp;#039;t want to fight. I know you think you can&amp;#039;t, but you&amp;#039;ve done this before. I know it hurts, but you won&amp;#039;t survive this depression&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;I really felt like I was dying - my light completely out. I said to myself, &amp;#039;Whatever is left in there, even just one light molecule, you will find it and make it multiply. You have to for you. You have to for your music. You have to for your fans and your family&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;Depression doesn&amp;#039;t take away your talents - it just makes them harder to find. But I always find it. I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that&amp;#039;s left. I&amp;#039;m lucky I found one little glimmer stored away.&amp;quot; Gaga, who recently confirmed her ARTPOP plans are on track, also addressed how she felt she had changed since her younger years. &amp;quot;I am better with food. I don&amp;#039;t have an eating disorder any more&amp;quot;, she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m also better at not letting people take advantage of me. Five years ago, when I spotted someone with a hidden agenda, I allowed them to stay around me. I didn&amp;#039;t want to believe it. I thought if I ignored it, then they would eventually see me again - that I&amp;#039;m a human being and not a doll. But it doesn&amp;#039;t work that way.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;I speak up now. I realized that it&amp;#039;s my own fault that people take advantage. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I&amp;#039;m not a pawn for anyone&amp;#039;s future business. I&amp;#039;m an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt;The Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar Interview: Gaga On Love and Lies &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt;Lady Gaga&amp;#039;s Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar Shoot Photos Via Digital Spy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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