Stacey Dooley sometimes feels stressed. However, ahead of the release of her new book, Are You Really OK?, the 34-year-old has opened up on how difficult it can be to leave the horror stories behind when it's time to return to her personal life.Stacey is used to a glamorous life, after winning Strictly Come Dancing back in 2018 with her dancer boyfriend Kevin Clifton.However, combining showbiz events, Michelin starred restaurants, and a life of celebrity luxury with the hard-hitting social justice issues that she reports on when in front of the camera, has proved difficult on occasion.After a day of interviewing Kyle, a patient on a psychiatric ward, the presenter went out on the town, but was plagued by intrusive thoughts about how he must be feeling."It was such a juxtaposition that I was in this semi-fancy restaurant, there was laughing and cheering and people were half cut, and I just remember thinking, ‘All of those people are still in hospital really unwell and Kyle’s probably sat there in silence’," she mused.“Sometimes I feel like: 'This is a really different place to the one I’ve just been in.'”Fortunately, her partner Kevin is supportive of her struggles."Kev’s incredible.
I feel very fortunate to have Kev as my wingman," she revealed to The Yorkshire Post."If I’m at work and I call him and it’s silly o’clock, we’ll have a bit of a debrief and he’s very patient.
You need that support network, don’t you?”The release of her new book, Are You Really OK?, is timed to coincide with her On The Psych Ward documentaries, which follow her experiences chatting with mental health patients in London's Springfield Hospital.Yet, amid scenes of emotional meltdowns and therapist interventions, has Stacey ever felt the urge to.
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