'You have to see a doctor!' How Monty Don's wife Sarah helped him during depression battle

express.co.uk:

Monty Don has told the world of the desperate sadness he felt following the collapse of his jewellery business and has shared how his devoted wife Sarah helped him through it.

In an unearthed interview, the Gardeners' World star, 66, shared how he was left in floods of tears, but relayed how Sarah intervened by telling him that he needed to "see a doctor.""She said you have to see a doctor because I can't cope with you and three small children and our life as it is," he explained.He recalled suffering "childish, pathetic, bleating pain" which left him in tears regularly.His daughter Freya and sons Adam and Tom would lament: "Why is Daddy always crying?", which led Sarah to realise he needed professional help - for the sake of the entire family."Antidepressants helped initially and I had cognitive behavioural therapy on the NHS, which was very good," he told The Times.He and his wife, a professional jeweller, had run a successful business based in London's Knightsbridge selling to celebrities such as Michael Jackson and royalty like Princess Diana, before disaster struck.The jewellery company's value plummeted during the financial crisis of 1987, leaving him fearful for his future."We lost everything...we lost our house, our business.