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<\/p>\nCAROL Vorderman admitted that she felt suicidal over the menopause. <\/p>\n
The former I'm A Celebrity campmate revealed that she spiralled into 'a dark dark place'. <\/p>\n
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Carol, 62, has opened up about feeling suicidal as she battled severe depression.<\/p>\n
The TV personality spoke candidly on the Postcards from Midlife podcast, where she revealed her secret depression battle. <\/p>\n
Even though she was more successful than ever, the former Channel 4 admits she couldn't understand her feelings as there were no problems.<\/p>\n
She explained: "When I went through it I had severe depression for about six months. I think it was 2015.<\/p>\n
"There was nothing wrong in my life, I had made a lot of money, my kids were fine, my mum was fine. There was no problem.<\/p>\n "And yet I would wake up in this huge bed in this huge house, I've got a swimming pool outside and all of that, and I just thought ''what's the point?''<\/p>\n "I understand much more now clinical depression, where you go: ''I can't go through this again, how can I make this stop', and those thoughts of 'well, there is obviously one way to make this stop'.<\/p>\n "Even when I was hosting Loose Women, which was ten years ago, it was only acceptable to say 'ooh, I'm having a bit of a moment' and make light of yourself when you're going through this.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The star now believes that the world is changing and women should be more open about the symptoms that they face when it comes to the menopause. <\/p>\n She explained: "Now, thank God, women are going: 'No, stuff that, this is what's happening, I need help in the workplace, I need to be able to hear from people who are doing this'.<\/p>\n "Because it was a patriarchy \u2014 you know, 'women, they just go crazy and they say crazy things,' we're driving a horse and through that old-fashioned society attitude to women going through the menopause."<\/p>\n "I've been through the years where we were shamed into thinking we were crazy because we had menopausal symptoms."\u00a0<\/p>\n Carol also explained that she was initially confused because she didn't feel some of the more common assumptions such as hot flushes. <\/p>\n "I started in my early 50's, I didn't have night sweats or flushes or anything. I started feeling anxious, I've never felt anxious in my life," she remarked. <\/p>\n "I started feeling anxious about what trousers I was going to wear, whether I was going to have tea or coffee, you know, all sorts of things.<\/p>\n "That developed into a deep depression, I felt suicidal at times. What saved me was that I kept a note of when my period arrived through an electronic calendar and that helped."<\/p>\n "I started on a bespoke HRT and within 48 hours I felt back to normal and I have never had a symptom since, it is wonderful."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-24133329-1695674530815.jpg\")
<\/picture>CURVY CAROL <\/span><\/p>\nCarol Vorderman flaunts her curves as she sweats it out in skintight gymwear <\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>no show <\/span><\/p>\nMystery as Carol Vorderman \u2018goes missing\u2019 from This Morning for over two months<\/h3>\n
Most read in TV<\/h2>\n
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