Mariah Carey feels her marriage counselling failed because she couldn't get herself to talk about her issues from childhood.

According to her, former hubby Sony boss Tommy Mottola agreed to the sessions after she told him she felt stifled in their relationship.

"They did nothing for me because I couldn't talk about myself and my own issues from childhood. It was all just a tool to get into my head," Internet portal Femalefirst quoted the pop diva as saying.

Carey admits her home life was hell because she felt all the staff she and Mottola employed hated her. She found out later that he had apparently told them all not to look the mistress of the house directly in the eyes.

"It was like, every time I came around, somehow everyone was about their business. It wasn't until I left that I found out that they were told not to look me in the eye," she said.