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Susan Boyle has revealed that she felt like she was in a "pressure cooker" during Britain's Got Talent.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, the singer, who was admitted to The Priory following the show's final, explained that she had not been prepared for the media attention.
"Everything had built up and I was exhausted," she said. "There were a lot of press people outside my door, a lot of television people, a lot of people who wanted a piece of me. I thought, 'God, what's happening here? I'm a reasonable singer but I never expected that'.
"It got to the stage where I couldn't even go outside because the media - American television crews too - surrounded the house. I had to draw my blinds, and even after that they started hammering on my door.
"I was quite frightened. I felt very vulnerable, because I was living on my own. There were phonecalls 24 hours a day. They kept me awake for three weeks, until I changed my number. It was just constant. I don't know anybody else from a talent show who got that.
"It was like being inside a giant pressure cooker, where the lid bubbles up and bubbles up and soon the pressure cooker goes."
Boyle added that the pressure continued to increase as the show went on, explaining: "It was totally out of control, like a steamroller. It just got bigger and bigger and bigger, until eventually it can flatten you."
Speaking about the final, Boyle said she had been determined to perform but became unwell after finishing in second place.
"I just went through to the dressing room and I don't know what was wrong," she said. "I couldn't even see properly. I hadn't eaten for about a week, hadn't slept properly. It was like looking at everything through a glass, and the feeling was one of extreme exhaustion that manifested itself in firing off at everyone.
"It was like the dream had gone pop - a baby that's had the sweeties taken away. I was just being childish. I so desperately wanted to make a record. I wanted to prove myself a bit more, but maybe I was pushing myself a bit too hard. I felt I'd got so close.
"I don't remember much else. I just know someone sent for an ambulance and I went to The Priory. I needed to sleep. I was too tired to even think straight. I'm much stronger now, though."
Boyle releases her debut album I Dreamed A Dream on November 23.
