‘I'VE BEEN THROUGH A HELL OF A LOT BUT I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT'

FORMER HEAR’SAY STAR SUZANNE SHAW OPENS UP TO OK!’S CHRISSIE REEVES ABOUT HER WEDDING PLANS HER BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION AND WHY SHE HAD TO GIVE UP ALCOHOL

- CHRISSIE REEVES

She was one fifth of one of the UK’s most famous bands, but that has led to years of pain for Hear’Say star Suzanne Shaw.

The 38-year-old from Bury has battled with depression and mental health for 18 years. Suzanne reveals her life would spiral out of control and she’d numb her feelings with alcohol, and this toxic cycle led to days of self-hatred.

Suzanne tells OK!, “Every time I drank, it was taking a massive toll on my depression, my thoughts were getting darker and darker and I needed to help myself.” She adds, “I’d be like, ‘Ugh, not another day, I can’t do this.’ I’d put the duvet over my head and I wanted it all to just go away.”

The mother-of-two admits, “I’m on antidepressants and have been for 20 years. Seeing my so-called friends selling kiss and-tell stories about me at the age of 18 and having all that public humiliation sent me over the edge.”