BTS leader RM
BTS leader RM has completed his mandatory military service and returned to civilian life. Later his discharge, he went on his first solo live after over 1.5 years and talked about what had happened during the military training.
BTS leader RM has completed his mandatory military service and returned to civilian life. Later his discharge, he went on his first solo live after over 1.5 years and talked about what had happened during the military training.
RM revealed his struggles with severe insomnia during his time in the military, revealing that the time was gruelling. He felt like a sleep-deprived zombie and required psychiatric care.
During the live chat, RM candidly revealed that he experienced extreme anxiety and sleepless nights to the point of visiting a neuropsychiatrist. Despite this, he has been on medication for over a year and still battles the fear of falling asleep.
This was developed when they had to endure 78 continuous hours awake, severely impacting his daily functioning and filling him with dread at night. He opened that his anxiety and insomnia had triggered last year, and sleepless nights left him mentally and physically exhausted.
RM talked about the struggles he faces now that there is a stifling of his creativity, stopping him from writing songs for the first time since he was 14. Although he's feeling slightly better now, RM still relies on medication to sleep.
While interacting with the fans, RM said, “Damnnn miss you, ARMYs. I was in the army, but I couldn't see you in the army, you know what I mean? I was in the army, but there was no ARMY.
On hearing many stormed the comment section and one of the users wrote, “It's the live we have waited for for so many years. He was himself. Our Joon is back.” Another added, “kim namjoon, my artist, my poet, how you must have suffered.”
RM teased the ARMYs with a huge hint about the BTS reunion as Suga will complete his mandatory military training on June 21 and added, Stay tuned and be there for our next ALBUM. It’s gonna be HUGE.