My day in style… Andrea Mclean

relationship. It was a big part of my life, but it drained me. I wasn’t in a good place. I turned to food to make myself feel better. I much prefer being single. I’d never be with anyone just for the sake of being with someone.”

DEALING WITH DEPRESSION

Frankie – whose younger brother Joey also shot to fame on TOWIE – has always been refreshingly open when discussing mental health. She’s struggled with anxiety and depression ever since losing her mum to suicide at just 13 years old. Frankie has been taking anti-depressants for the past two years and says she has used them to cope intermittently since her teens. Despite seeing a therapist once a week and being on antidepressants, she admits it’s a constant battle. She reveals, “Life can stress you out. Sometimes I’m on top of the world and some days I’m sad – but I’m allowed to be like that. I didn’t want to go out one night recently because I was feeling anxious, but my friends persuaded me. I did have a lot of fun, but then people were commenting on pictures online, saying, ‘Oh, you don’t look depressed’. I mean, what’s a depressed person meant to look like?” She adds, “It can be hard with trolls as you feel like you can’t win. But I’m not afraid to bite back; I won’t let them win.”

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