He's brave to talk so openly about this.

Zayn Malik attempted to explain more about his ongoing battle with anxiety in a new Vogue interview, and it sounds like a lot of it stems from fame.

"I'm not a very outgoing social person, like in terms of big groups of people. When we're getting ready to start putting [my] second album out, people are going to start seeing me a bit more. I'm excited to see what people will think. I think it's been a year since I properly showed my face and stuff," he said during the sit-down.

"I always feel like I'm trying to work through whatever certain issues are around certain subjects. For me personally, I think it comes from a place of not ever wanting to come across as an over-arrogant person or a person that takes themselves too seriously. I'm not always trying to be pretentious or say something that I think is going to change the world. I feel like I'm one voice among millions," he added.

The former boybander has a red hot singing career and a supermodel girlfriend, but he hasn't been without his challenges. He previously confessed that he struggled with an eating disorder during his days in One Direction.

This just goes to show that mental illness doesn't discriminate.