Susan Boyle is definitely a survivor. After having struggled handling her sudden fame, she is now getting the hang of it.

For starters, she has a scheduled appearance on Tuesday for the show “Dancing with the Stars.” She also has an album set for release on November 23.

Before her stardom, Boyle lived alone with Pebbles, her cat. She lived in a Scottish village and back then, becoming a singer was only a dream.

And then there was “Britain’s Got Talent.” When Boyle took to the stage and voiced out a touching song, her life was never the same. Boyle says “There were phone calls 24 hours a day.” And then what followed was an overwhelming amount of pressure.

Boyle shares her unfortunate consequence of fame and how it got ugly. “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,” she says. “It got to the stage where I couldn’t even go outside because the media — American television crews, too — surrounded the house.”

She even reached the point where she was on the verge of having an emotional breakdown.

But now she claims to have a new outlook, and is looking forward to her very own happy ending.

(via NY Daily News)