'I was a drug addict and in prison five times but found fame on My Mum, Your Dad'
ok.co.ukMy Mum, Your Dad was a smash hit on ITV this autumn but final star Natalie Russell revealed prior to her stint on the show that she has had a very troubled past.The 44 year old from Bournemouth spoke openly and honestly during a vulnerable chat on podcast series Little Girls Aren't Taught This about her childhood trauma, substance abuse issues, prison time and experiences in both rehab and on a psych hospital ward.
In Natalie's episode Deep Healing Using The Power of Self Love with Natalie Russell, the reality star, who is also a qualified self-esteem and relationship coach, opened up about her self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
Reflecting on hard times when relationship trauma would trigger her, she said emotionally: "My self-harm would kick in when I was trying to control someone and how they were treating me. "It was triggering such a deep emotional response and instability in me.
I was desperate for them to see the impact they were having on me and I would self-harm or threaten suicide or punch myself in the face.
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