A Place in the Sun star issues warning as she admits she was suicidal after ITV show

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A Place in the Sun star Leah Charles King has opened up on her battles with her mental health, heartbreakingly admitting that her family once "disowned" her in shock after she revealed her diagnosis with bipolar disorder.She urged fans that her DMs were "open" for anyone experiencing struggles and that no-one should "battle alone".Taking to her Twitter account, Leah confessed that behind the scenes of her smiling performance on ITV, she had been ready to end her life."Suicide doesn’t always look suicidal," she warned in a post to more than 4,000 followers.Attaching a video clip of herself in a bright yellow dress the colour of sunshine, and seemingly with an attitude to match, she confessed that internally she was feeling the opposite - desperately unhappy."Me in 2018 hosting a show airing on @itv (pre coming out bipolar)," she explained."I was suicidal & decided this [was] my last shift.

I had 'plans'."That night a friend talk me down from a tall building (sic)."She added the hashtags "@theCALMzone on #thismorning powerful #unitedagainstsucide" (sic)@BiPolarRunner instantly agreed with her warning that suicide is far from easy to spot."Yes it’s a complete misconception that outwardly to those around you that if you are fully functioning even at a high level that you could never be internally be making plans to shut up shop," the tweeter wrote.Leah replied: "This is sad but so true", before adding: "Glad you’re seeing better days."She added some stats in a further post, explaining that 125 people are said to take their own lives each week in the UK - many with "untreated bipolar disorder".The A Place in the Sun presenter, who lives with bipolar herself, voiced that it can take up to 9.5 years for an accurate diagnosis,.