Katie Price has spoken openly about her mental health difficulties and how grateful she is to have survived her suicide attempts.
The reality TV personality, 44, has been frank about her melancholy and anxiety, revealing that she hit “rock bottom” in 2021 after being arrested for drunk driving.
Katie eventually began frequent treatment sessions when she decided she no longer wanted to live during her lowest moment.
The mother-of-five has now expressed her appreciation for still being alive, vowing to “focus on the future.”
Taking to Instagram, the Mucky Mansion star expressed shock that “everyone seems to be just dying” in her field “at the moment.”
‘I’m just sticking to being strong and sticking to therapists’ advice and focusing on the future knowing I’ve been near death in causing my own suicide actiones that thankfully I survived [sic]’.
Katie went on to say that she’s “realized I have a future and a life,” thanking her family, close friends, and mental health specialists for their help.
In recent years, the former beauty model has been an open book about her experiences, having headlined an emotive Channel 4 documentary titled Katie Price: Trauma and Me, which aired on World Mental Health Day.
‘I hit severe depression a couple of years ago, depression on top of PTSD, I was suicidal, didn’t want to be here,’ Katie said during the film.
‘I tried to kill myself. I knocked myself out and had black eyes. I had bruises around my neck. I woke up. I didn’t want to be here.’
Katie stated that she joined The Priory rehab centre to manage her PTSD, and that therapy assisted her in dealing with her history and learning what triggers her.
‘I’ve been thinking a lot about my mental health,’ she admitted. ‘I thought I had to manage it on my own and after years of neglect, I had a mental breakdown in 2018 and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
‘It goes far back as well, I got raped in a park when I was seven.’
Amy, Katie’s mother, also spoke of her daughter’s “hurt,” adding she’s “taken on too much and been controlled too much.”
Katie then told Mark Dolan in an interview with GB News at the start of 2023 that she was anxious to make a “comeback.”
‘What I want from the future is to definitely make a comeback and prove to people I can, because I’ve been there, and I’ve told my story,’ she said defiantly.
‘Literally, I hit rock bottom. It was that bad that I tried to commit suicide, but I’ve come up from that. You can get out of that rut. If I can do it, you can do it.’
Need support?
For emotional support you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org, visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.
If you’re a young person, or concerned about a young person, you can also contact PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide UK. Their HOPELINK digital support platform is open 24/7, or you can call 0800 068 4141, text 07860039967 or email: pat@papyrus-uk.org between the hours of 9am and midnight.
Source My Celebrity Life.