Lewis Capaldi had such severe panic attacks he had to sleep in same bed as his mum

Chart topper Lewis Capaldi has bravely opened up about his mental health struggles, revealing he gets panic attacks so severe that he sometimes has to sleep with his mum.

He said: "If I phone her and I say, 'Mum, I've got a headache, I'm dizzy, I think I've got a brain tumour or something,' she'll be like, 'Shut the f**k up, you're fine. Take some paracetamol and go to bed.'"

Since getting certain therapies, Capaldi said it's easier for him to talk his own way out of some of the worries.

But when it comes to panic attacks, there's only one person who can help - his mum.

他说：“如果我发生惊恐发作，除了妈妈以外，没有其他人可以帮助我。”

“我妈妈在一个月前不得不在我的床上睡觉，因为我的焦虑有多糟糕。但是我认为那是与诚实有关的酒精，我一直在弯曲。”

Earlier on in the episode, the Scottish star opened up about where he thinks the hypochondria stemmed from.

"It never really reached a tipping point until after getting famous, I never had a panic attack until after I was famous, or after I was a musician or after I got to a height," he explained.

"The hypochondria - I guess looking back, I was such an anxious kid, but now because I understand it a lot more with therapy and I speak about it a lot more with people and try to learn more about it, I look back at it and think the behaviour was a result of anxiety."

While Capaldi discussed issues with confidence and self-esteem, viewers were on hand to share messages of praise and support.

One described him as 'the most genuine, down to earth guy', adding: "The kinda bloke you want to be your best mate."

Another said: "I also suffer with quite severe anxiety at times and it's really wonderful (liberating even) to see that more and more of us are talking about it openly and sharing learnings/experiences."

A third added: "Hearing that lewis literally has the same anxiety’s as me has made me realise that it can happen to anybody and that I’m not alone. So thank you!

"Thank you for talking about this and making people realise they’re not alone."