United Kingdom, March 16 -- Five were left "traumatised" by pop stardom.

The 1990s group - which consists of Abz Love, Jason 'J' Brown, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, and Sean Conlon - have got back together as a quintet for the first time since their split in 2001 but have admitted that the first time around, being in the group took a mental toll on all of them.

Ritchie told The Independent: " We should have had six months off. It's taken us 25 years - I'm not even joking - literally 25 years to be able to even get my head around it."

Sean added: "It's almost like we've been traumatised."

Ritchie insisted: "No, we are traumatised!"

But Ritchie admitted that once it was all over, he felt "completely lost" and turned to alcohol in a...