Jamie O’Hara admits secret battle with depression following his mum’s death and reveals he ‘drank too much and was on antidepressants’
CELEBRITY Big Brother star Jamie O’Hara has shared his account of struggling with depression to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
The 30-year-old reality star and footballer urged followers on Twitter to share their own stories stating he hoped to reach those “suffering in silence”.
Jamie wrote in some detail about his own struggles and shared them on the micro blogging site on Thursday in support of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017.
He revealed the loss of his mother Ann, who died of cancer aged 46 in 2004, sparked a long fight with depression.
“I really struggled with depression for a number of years,” he began.
“I lost my mum at 17 and I never really dealt with the death until years later because I was so driven on becoming a professional footballer that I put it behind me,” he wrote.
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