Jennifer Lopez suffered blocks and panic attacks due to exhaustion that made her change her life habits

Superstar Jennifer Lopez has opened up about her mental health struggles and how a series of panic attacks brought on by stress and exhaustion in her 20s led her to rethink her lifestyle.

She has done it in a text through her newsletter

where he defended the importance of rest.

“There was a time when I slept three to five hours a night.

She was on set all day and in the studio all night, and on the weekends she did promotional tours and shot videos.

I was just over 20 years old and I thought I was invincible”, the singer and actress confessed.

But she wasn't: one fine day, sitting in her caravan, she felt that all her tiredness and accumulated stress, along with her lack of sleep, were beginning to affect her.

Lopez explained how she suddenly went from feeling completely normal to getting stuck when she started thinking about all the things she had to do that day.

“I was frozen”, the singer has written about the event.

"I couldn't see clearly, the physical symptoms started to scare me and the fear got worse."

Jennifer Lopez did not know how to recognize what was happening to her: "Now I know it was a classic panic attack caused by exhaustion, but at that time she had never heard that term."

As she explains in her newsletter that she sends to her subscribers via email, the artist questioned her own sanity until a health professional invited her to rethink her lifestyle.

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It was her security guard on

who came in and took her to the doctor.

Arriving there, the artist could speak again although she, according to her account, was terrified: “I asked the doctor if she was driving me crazy.

She told me, 'No, you're not crazy... you need to get seven to nine hours of sleep each night, don't drink caffeine, and make sure you exercise if you're going to have this pace of work.'

According to the artist, she had allowed work to become the center of her life, prioritizing it over her health.

"I realized how serious it could be to ignore the needs of my body and my mind."

That was the time when he released his first album,

, which included his first hits,

or

It was also the time when he began his film career playing the Texan singer Selena Quintanilla in the film

, which would earn her a Golden Globe nomination. The same year

, Jennifer Lopez married her first husband, the Cuban actor and model, Ojani Noa, but the marriage lasted just under twelve months.

Now, the protagonist of

recommends leading a balanced and healthy life.

She acknowledges that her wellness philosophy is no longer about trying to avoid aging, but about being pro-life.

Regarding her appearance, Lopez has stressed the importance of good rest.

According to her, getting a good night's sleep "accumulates over time" and can make you look up to 10 years younger.