Lady GaGa: 'Drug use was traumatic'

Lady GaGa has apparently admitted that her previous use of drugs and alcohol masked the "trauma" of her youth.

The New York Post reports that Neil Strauss, author of forthcoming gossip book Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, said that the 'Bad Romance' singer had revealed some of her memories have been clouded by her use of cocaine.

GaGa reportedly explained: "All of the trauma I caused to myself... There are some things that are so traumatic, I don't even fully remember them."

Strauss told the newspaper: "When I interviewed Christina Aguilera, she talked for the first time about surviving domestic abuse.

"I think musicians see me as some sort of confessional."