Fiona’s so brave to speak out about depression

FORMER GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips described in her BBC show The Truth About Stress that 3.30am starts, combined with being a wife, a mother of two young boys and daughter to two parents with Alzheimer’s, drove her to the brink.

She was suffering from chronic stress, yet, when her co-presenter Eamonn Holmes told her she was clinically depressed, she denied it.

‘I didn’t seek help — I didn’ t have time. I kept telling myself I would be fine and kept blaming myself.’

But in the show, she interviewed an expert who taught her how to turn stress into a positive emotion. Instead of feeling fear, you should harness it. The mantra should be: ‘I am excited.’

Yet the most important message from Fiona was that she admits she got help. Even so, despite her happy family life, she still has depressive episodes.

But her advice is that they pass.

Bravely put, Fiona.