Leah Charles Britain Channel 4 Instagram A Place in the Sun Leah Charles Britain

A Place In The Sun's Leah Charles King left 'ashamed' by diagnosis before 'big coming out'

Reading now: 814
express.co.uk

A Place in the Sun last year and has become a firm favourite on the show.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk Leah revealed that she used to be "ashamed" of her bipolar disorder before her "big coming out" eight years ago.Leah has been very vocal about her battle with bipolar disorder and is an ambassador for Bipolar UK.She uses her presenting platform and social media pages to normalise the conversation and to end the stigma around mental illness.Leah has now admitted she used to be "petrified" and "ashamed" of her diagnosis and telling others about it.She said: "When I was diagnosed eight/nine years ago, I hid it."I only came out, as I call it, my big coming out, about two years ago.I was so ashamed and I was petrified actually."I couldn’t think of anything worse than bipolar because, you know, if you have anything else, people will give you sympathy and they will wrap you up in love."But when you’ve got a mental illness you are very much left alone and it’s already such a lonely condition and I just hid it.She continued: "I was hiding a big part of myself and when I came out it was the most empowering thing I’ve ever done and I’ve never looked back since."Leah did not believe after she was diagnosed that she would be able to live her dream of being a presenter due to "the stigma around mental illness".Talking about getting the life changing role, she said: "Presenting is something I know I am good at and I have worked hard at."It makes me happy and I don’t do it for fame and fortune.

I have never been money driven but it really makes me happy."The last time I was quite ill I promised myself I would hold on a bit longer as miracles can happen and I’m glad I held on cos here I am!"That is why for two weeks I cried as I.

Read more on express.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA