Ellie Goulding spoke out In an interview with FLARE about her struggle with panic attacks at the beginning of her career and her use of cognitive behavioral therapy to overcome them She said her surroundings would trigger a panic attack so she couldn’t go to the studio unless she was lying down in the car with a pillow over her face Goulding was concerned the attacks would return following the release of her last album “Delirium” but they didn’t