Harry Styles finds therapy ‘very helpful’

THE As It Was singer has found having therapy very helpful because it has stopped him from “emotionally coasting” and he’s learned to take the time to appreciate the moments he should celebrate, even though it means he’s also hit “harder” by anything “bad” that happens.

He said: “I find therapy to be a really good example of it, because I feel like for a really long time, I kind of emotionally coasted. I didn't really feel anything. And we’d go through real highs in the band and stuff, and it would always just feel like a relief. Like, ‘Oh, we didn’t fail. That feels like a massive relief.’

“I never really felt like I celebrated anything. And I had a great time.

“And I think sometimes, with therapy as an example, is you open a bunch of doors in your house that you didn’t know existed, you find all these rooms, and you get to explore them. And then, in a time when it would be easier to emotionally coast, you can no longer do that. Because you know the room exists, and the scale has

just widened. And you feel everything that’s bad so much harder. You feel the

good moments so much harder. And there are obviously moments when you’re at this end, where you go, ‘Is it worth opening the windows and finding the other space?’”

The former One Direction singer is having a much better time now that he’s working at “being more present” with the people in his life, and he’s not afraid to protect himself and his own space, even if it causes people to react badly.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, he said: “I feel like I’m able to celebrate the moments that should be celebrated.”