OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Whelan is “weirdly grateful” for her eating disorder and subsequent therapy.
The former ‘Game of Thrones’ actress recently admitted she came close to death and was hospitalised for eight months as a result of her struggles and she admitted the recovery process has shaped her entire life.
She said: “Going through psychotherapy — when you come that close to not being around any more and really having to face up to something very difficult at the age of 17, it was a very long process of recovery that can’t do anything but shape you. I was weirdly grateful for it in a way. It was a big part of my family’s life. The NHS was incredible and helped me and here I am.”
The 39-year-old star – who has three-year-old daughter Frances with husband Gerry Howell – hopes being open about her experience can help other people.
Asked how she feels about it being public, she said: “I’m neither glad not sad.
“It’s part of my life. If it can help one or two people maybe feel it’s not hopeless and you can get better, then yeah, I’ll share it.
“I am not so private I wouldn’t talk about that. Because it really shaped me. It formed so much of my life and the way I live my life and my personality and my approach to things.”
The ‘Killing Eve’ star admitted she used to worry she wouldn’t get work if people knew about her past but she no longer thinks it’s a “scary” subject to speak about.
She explained in an interview: “Sometimes when you’re a bit younger you think, ‘Ooh, people might have opinions about me,’ or, ‘They might not want to employ me,’ or, ‘Mental health is such a scary thing for some people.’
“But I suppose as well you hear so much of this in our industry, of so many, particularly female, actors having gone through similar experiences and therefore it’s not so scary to talk about it.”
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