A VIDEO blogger behind a popular beauty website has told her millions of young fans that she suffers panic attacks and other problems despite her success.

Celebrity author and fashionista Zoella, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, has said she is aware social media snaps of her fun dates and shopping trips give the impression she lives an enchanted existence.

But the 26-year-old, who lives in a £1 million five bedroom mansion in Brighton with her boyfriend, fellow internet star Alfie Deyes, has also revealed she suffers from anxiety that sometimes means she cannot get out of bed.

She said: "A lot of young people look at me and think, 'She has the perfect life: she's got the boyfriend, the house, the dog, the book, the successful YouTube channel.'

"Not everything is perfect. Sometimes I have days where I don't want to leave my bed or I'll have multiple panic attacks."

Her outpouring came in an interview with US teen magazine Seventeen.

Miss Sugg started off by filming make-up tutorials in her bedroom and has since gained huge success. She said she never anticipated her fame and that the videos were a comfort for when she felt bad.

She added that it was only when things started happening - "You've been invited to an event in London, hop on the train" - that she felt out of her comfort zone.

Now with a selection including shower gels, bath bombs and lip balm, the girl who started out making YouTube videos gets to see her name plastered across products on high street shop shelves.

She also disclosed that she sees herself as two different people: Zoella, the confident video star, and Zoe, the uncertain young woman.

She said: "Sometimes I'm really confident as Zoella. When it comes to picking up an award in front of 9,000 people, I can do that. But the Zoe part of me is, like, 'trains are scary.'"

Last year, Miss Sugg made the transition from screen to page as she released her debut novel Girl Online – telling the story of a teenage blogger and what happens when her blog goes viral. But she said the book “is in no way autobiographical” and it is widely known she had help from her publishing editorial team.