After five seasons of friendships, feuds, and fashion, Lauren Conrad is shutting off the camera and turning her back on The Hills.

The 23-year-old designer says ending her run on the wildly-successful MTV reality show is the only way to keep her sanity intact.

“There are episodes that I watch when I actually annoy myself. I just want to be like, ‘Get it together!’”

Well, that makes two of us….

“Honestly, it’s difficult for me remember what I was like before I had a mic taped to me. But I think I’ve become a little bit more independent and not quite as… I don’t want to say it, but pathetic,” the young star says in the April 2009 issue of Seventeen.

“I think that there are times when I get caught up in the drama and I get upset. I can be a little sensitive to things, but I don’t think I ever wake up in the morning intending to cause problems,” LC explained. “I think that there are definitely people who thrive on drama and they enjoy it. They need to keep their lives exciting. I’m happiest when I’m boring.”