Arlo Parks

And I do think I've always been almost hyper aware of, you know, those little micro, just micro things in general.

But, you know, even in a group of friends, I can always feel when somebody is being a little bit left out or there's some kind of unspoken discomfort.

I always feel so attuned to that.

And I can't help but act.

I think some people ignore those little signs, but I think it's kind of built into me to respond to them.

I think it just got to a breaking point, you know, as...

Honestly, since I was a child, I've always been the one who put pressure on myself.

I had a real sense of how lucky I was to be in this position where I could write and create and share that with people.

So I think it meant that I shouldered a lot more than I should have.

And it came from a place of real excitement.

Everything was new and fresh and exciting, but it got to a place where the pacing just left me so exhausted.

And I felt like a husk of myself, you know, somebody who's, I'm always, you know, quite full of life and quite a vibrant person.

And I felt that, you know, fading away.

And that's what made me feel like I needed a break.

And even though I was doing things that I loved, there was something that was kind of eroding at me.

And I think it was just the sheer volume.

You know, I was only sleeping two or three hours a night.

And I was...

hadn't been home in you know nine months I'd been home for one day in nine months and it got to the point where I knew that you know in order to preserve that excitement and that life I had to you know stop for a moment and I only you know I only cancelled a few dates I was only home for like four days

but I needed I needed something and that was enough to you know sit drink tea you know eat sleep 14 hours a day and that's just what I needed I think in order to keep going yeah because it's a term that you read about a lot you know having a breakdown but