SZA is opening up about a case of mistaken identity when she was in dire need.

During an interview with WSJ –slated to drop Nov. 11– the “Snooze” singer discussed a bizarre situation when she hired a lifestyle coach who she thought was a therapist. During that time in her life, she was seeking professional help to improve her anxiety, as reported by PEOPLE.

The life coach recommended she try box breathing –a deep technique that can help slow down the rate of breath– to aid her mental health. Unfortunately for SZA, this made her condition worse.

"After I had box breathed myself for three months and didn’t get better, I called her in a f---ing frenzy like, ‘I’m about to commit myself to an institution today, I need help!’ I said, ‘What form of therapy do you do? DBT?’" she explained to the outlet, referencing dialectical behavior therapy.

"She was like, ‘I don’t have a clinical form of therapy because I’m not a licensed therapist, honey. I thought you knew that.’ It turns out she was not a board-certified therapist. She was a f---ing life coach," said the singer.

A life coach and a therapist are, in fact, different practices where the latter requires a medical degree.

"Unlike psychotherapy, coaching aims to help people who are already functioning at ordinary or even higher levels work through emotional discomfort and make additional gains," wrote Yael Schonbrun and Brad Stulberg for The Washington Post in 2022. "A coach can help you perform better physically, emotionally, professionally, socially or athletically, depending on the specialty."

She also told the publication that possessing musical talents aids her wellbeing.

"When I leave the studio, I feel better and empty," she said. "There’s no better sleep than empty-brain sleep, and that can only come after I’ve been in the studio for 10 hours and done something good in there."

Yet, there are moments when she still feels out of touch and anxious at prominent events.

"Sometimes when I’m in those situations, it makes me more anxious, because I’m like, 'Damn, they’re about to judge me for being a bitch, or quiet, or looking rude,'" she said. "It’s everything, it’s not you, it’s me, and I’m freaking out, and I don’t know how to be any different right now."