Martine McCutcheon talks recent health 'struggles' and career fears in honest post
ok.co.ukMartine McCutcheon has penned a candid post about her mental health after admitting that she has had a "time of struggle recently".Taking to Instagram on Tuesday 25 January evening, the Love Actually star, who spoke of her Lyme disease flare-up last year, revealed her career fears in her honest post.
Sharing snaps of herself taken a day apart, the 45 year old began: "To those who battle with any kind of mental health issue & yet put on their make up, or get up & fight for another day, or try new ways to live, love, & generally work their way through this thing called life - I salute you. "I've always been pretty open about my health issues - Both mental & physical, but there is also so much more to me - So it's something I've touched on rather than focused on." The star explained: "I didn't want any kind of victim label, as I actually feel the opposite of that.
I like to think I'm quite a brave person. An optimist. A go-getter & a believer of the good in people. "But I've had a time of struggle recently.
I'm not always as tough as I'd like to be." Martine noted that she had always been a "sensitive" and "intuitive people pleaser" and recalled "curling up in a ball" when she was deemed "difficult" for asking valid questions as a young woman in the industry. "But with most things in life, I would always try & bounce back… And then there are times you just can't.
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