

“I think you have to be honest about where your life is,” Sheeran said, which he realized after unexpectedly breaking down about Edwards’s death on stage. Research has linked burnout with physical health problems, including an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, psychological consequences like depression, as well as insomnia.

“The moment you find out that the worst thing in the world has happened to someone that you truly love with all your heart, you feel like you’re drowning and can’t get out from under,” he said in the series.Įven if you don’t reach full-blown depletion or, like Sheeran, you’re still high-functioning, overworking yourself-without taking the time to really, truly rest-can still take a toll on your health and relationships over time. Behind the scenes of performing and working on his upcoming album “-,” Sheeran said he grappled with his wife Cherry Seaborn’s tumor diagnosis (which she had learned about while pregnant) a stressful copyright lawsuit and the death of a close friend, music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards-a loss he admits he was never able to fully process. “Anytime in my life where things are going badly, I tend to work more, because it’s a distraction,” Sheeran said in his new four-part Disney+ docuseries, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, which explores the personal struggles that inspired his new music. In his latest project, the Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter made another vulnerable confession: At times, his drive to pump out song after song was actually a coping mechanism to deal with the chaos going on in his life. Ed Sheeran has recently been outspoken about his mental health, including his experience with an eating disorder.
