Susannah Constantine candidly spoke about her secret anxiety battle on Wednesday's episode of This Morning. The fashion guru, 57, admitted that she used to pray that her 'car was hit by a lorry' to take away her anxious thoughts.Susannah also added that her anxiety battle left her feeling 'lonely' and that she first noticed symptoms as a child in boarding school. Candid: Susannah Constantine candidly spoke about her secret anxiety battle on Wednesday's episode of This MorningShe said: 'I don't think I've ever been crippled by anxiety, but there was certainly a period in my life where I'd wake up, take the children to school and I would pray that my car would be driven into by a lorry or something, so that I could put an end to it all.' Reflecting on the moment, she added: 'But it was just a thought that flashed through my mind… I say that. That is over-dramatic but it was at that moment something [to] take the pain away and then it would go.' Talking about how it left her feeling 'lonely', Susannah admitted that she found it even harder that she didn't have a 'reason to identify' with her anxiety. She said: 'Yes, [I felt lonely], I think that also I felt: "Who am I to feel like this? I'm so lucky I've got a family, a roof over my head, a husband who loves me and three gorgeous children. What have I got to be anxious about?" Anxiety battle: The fashion guru, 57, admitted that she used to pray that her 'car was hit by a lorry' to take away her anxious thoughts'That almost made it worse, I couldn't find a reason to identify!'Talking about her anxiety would start, the TV star, who is married to Sten Bertelsen, admitted: 'I woke up this morning with that snowball in my stomach. It’s now starting to melt. Usually by 11am, 12pm its gone and I’m okay.' Susannah revealed that her anxiety started as a child at boarding school and that her mother had a bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression. She said: 'I would wake up as a child every morning drenched in sweat and that came from, looking back now and that’s only something I’ve done very recently, my mother was manic-depressive. 'Lonely': Susannah also added that her anxiety battle left her feeling 'lonely' and that she first noticed symptoms as a child in boarding school (pictured with her husband Sten Bertelsen in May) 'I guess I would wake up every morning scared of how she would be today. There was that feeling of uncertainty. Was I going to be abandoned to her illness that day? So I think it stems from that.' 'Then boarding school, I hated and had terrible anxiety. I never, I didn't, I thought it was homesickness. I kept it in, all my life, it was a very personal thing and because I was able to function.' Talking about how she manages her symptoms now, Susannah revealed: 'I started doing things for myself. When I was drinking alcohol, a hangover would make it worse... I stopped drinking five years ago.'I eat healthily, I haven't sought professional help as such, it's got to
Susannah Constantine candidly talks about her secret anxiety battle
Susannah Constantine candidly spoke about her secret anxiety battle on Wednesday's episode of This Morning. The fashion guru, 57, admitted that she used to pray that her 'car was hit by a lorry' to take away her anxious thoughts.Susannah also added that her anxiety battle left her feeling 'lonely' and that she first noticed symptoms as a child in boarding school. Candid: Susannah Constantine candidly spoke about her secret anxiety battle on Wednesday's episode of This MorningShe said: 'I don't think I've ever been crippled by anxiety, but there was certainly a period in my life where I'd wake up, take the children to school and I would pray that my car would be driven into by a lorry or something, so that I could put an end to it all.' Reflecting on the moment, she added: 'But it was just a thought that flashed through my mind… I say that. That is over-dramatic but it was at that moment something [to] take the pain away and then it would go.' Talking about how it left her feeling 'lonely', Susannah admitted that she found it even harder that she didn't have a 'reason to identify' with her anxiety. She said: 'Yes, [I felt lonely], I think that also I felt: "Who am I to feel like this? I'm so lucky I've got a family, a roof over my head, a husband who loves me and three gorgeous children. What have I got to be anxious about?" Anxiety battle: The fashion guru, 57, admitted that she used to pray that her 'car was hit by a lorry' to take away her anxious thoughts'That almost made it worse, I couldn't find a reason to identify!'Talking about her anxiety would start, the TV star, who is married to Sten Bertelsen, admitted: 'I woke up this morning with that snowball in my stomach. It’s now starting to melt. Usually by 11am, 12pm its gone and I’m okay.' Susannah revealed that her anxiety started as a child at boarding school and that her mother had a bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression. She said: 'I would wake up as a child every morning drenched in sweat and that came from, looking back now and that’s only something I’ve done very recently, my mother was manic-depressive. 'Lonely': Susannah also added that her anxiety battle left her feeling 'lonely' and that she first noticed symptoms as a child in boarding school (pictured with her husband Sten Bertelsen in May) 'I guess I would wake up every morning scared of how she would be today. There was that feeling of uncertainty. Was I going to be abandoned to her illness that day? So I think it stems from that.' 'Then boarding school, I hated and had terrible anxiety. I never, I didn't, I thought it was homesickness. I kept it in, all my life, it was a very personal thing and because I was able to function.' Talking about how she manages her symptoms now, Susannah revealed: 'I started doing things for myself. When I was drinking alcohol, a hangover would make it worse... I stopped drinking five years ago.'I eat healthily, I haven't sought professional help as such, it's got to
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