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Alanis Morissette Credits Therapy With Saving Her Life Ahead of Glastonbury Festival 2025

She attributes her resilience to trauma-informed, addiction-informed therapy after describing her battle with suicidal thoughts, depression, addictive behaviors.

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Overview

  • Morissette is set to headline Glastonbury Festival 2025, marking her return to a major festival stage this summer.
  • The 51-year-old singer says she still struggles with suicidal thoughts despite long-term therapeutic support.
  • She believes her chronic depression stems from being highly sensitive and notes that supportive environments help her thrive.
  • Morissette and her husband Souleye require therapists who are trauma-informed and addiction-informed, and she champions couples therapy in her marriage.
  • She tackles work, love, sex and shopping addictions with a “Whac-a-Mole” strategy and warns that work addiction can be as destructive as substance use.