Denise Welch responded to a troll who criticized her for continually talking about her mental health and depression.
The row occurred on X/former Twitter, when a troll had been watching Denise talk about her mental health on Loose Women on Wednesday.
The viewer tweeted: ‘STOP THE MAIN, DENISE IS TALKING ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH AND DEPRESSION! This has never happened before. #LooseWomen #Denise.’
Responding to the tweet, Denise, 65, wrote: ‘Thanks Harry. In fact, I’ve been talking about it for 35 years when no one in the public eye ever has. And I’ll keep going until I pop my clogs, so stay tuned!
‘If you had ever been hospitalized after a depressive episode, you could talk about it too!!’ She completed the tweet with four thumbs up emojis.
Denise Welch, 65, responded Wednesday to a troll on X, formerly Twitter, who criticized her for speaking out again about her mental health and depression (pictured in 2023).
Denise wrote: ‘Thanks Harry. In fact, I’ve been talking about it for 35 years when no one in the public eye ever has. And I’ll keep going until I pop my clogs, so stay tuned!
The actress has been a Loose Women panelist since 2005 and is known for her strong opinions (pictured in March with fellow panellist Katie Piper).
Harry decided not to respond to Denise’s tweet, although they have since tweeted on their own account.
Denise’s fans showered the star with their support, writing: ‘Exactly, and you talk about it so openly and honestly, while all the sugarcoating never stops telling your story, you will always be heard by us’;
Good for you, Denise! It’s great that you keep talking about it and all the other things that others don’t have the courage to say’;
‘These types of messages are why talking is so important. Thanks for doing that ‘;
‘I’m sorry you have to handle these types of attacks. His courage and commitment are inspiring to many. Mental health is very important’;
‘Thank you @RealDeniseWelch for bravely sharing your mental health journey and encouraging others to seek support. Your vulnerability is a powerful reminder that it’s okay to not be okay.
‘Let’s keep the conversation going and break the stigma surrounding mental health. #Mentalhealthmatters’;
‘Never stop talking Denise!’
Denise’s fans showered the star with their support, thanking her for speaking out about these taboo topics and encouraging her to continue.
Denise has previously reflected on her “terrifying” postpartum depression which her son Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975, wrote a song about.
Denise has previously reflected on her ‘scary’ post-natal depression which her son Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975, wrote a song about.
Denise described how she went from looking “flourishing” during pregnancy to suffering panic attacks after giving birth, not being able to breastfeed and trying to climb out of her apartment window.
She told Good Morning Britain in 2023: “The doctors couldn’t say at the time that anything was wrong. I was the typical blossoming mother, I enjoyed every minute.
‘Then five days later I had a panic attack and breastfeeding stopped. I went from fully breastfeeding breasts to none.
‘At that time I was told that this only happens if the spouse or the baby dies. That day, my mother found me trying to get out of the window.
He added: “Honestly, it was the scariest thing.” People don’t want to die, they want to stop the pain.
‘If I hadn’t had my family, I don’t know where I would have been. Matty grew up with mom having moments of illness and when she was older she wrote She Lays Down.
‘I still get emotional thinking about it. I used to lie on the floor and pray to something to help me love my son. Depression takes away your ability to love.’
Denise went on to tearfully explain that her “darkest moments were in the beginning,” when she was trying to understand postpartum depression.
Denise and Matt Healy, 34, and their second and last child, Louis Healy, 23, an actor. He shares them with his ex-husband Tim Healy.
She said: ‘The main thing was when I couldn’t love my son and that affects me. When you have this baby that you have wanted so much and you have no love.
“Because what depression does is depress each of the emotions, so it is not an effort for happiness, but an effort for normality; it is an effort for the ability to be happy, to be sad, to worry, to feel jealous, to feel anger, because with depression you don’t feel anything.
“And that’s why you feel like life isn’t worth living unless you have a family like mine that tells you every day, ‘You’ll get better.'”
In 2021, he revealed that he is still battling his “endogenous” depression, but his last major episode was in 2019.
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