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Frankie Bridge reveals husband Wayne 'saved life' during mental health battle


Frankie Bridge has said that her husband saved her life by calling her GP when she was at her lowest point in 2011.

Speaking to Lorraine this morning about her book ‘OPEN: Why asking for help can save your life’, Frankie said that she can’t thank her husband Wayne Bridge enough for doing what he did for her.

The former The Saturdays singer said she had only been dating her then boyfriend for a year when she was at her lowest point. She said: “No one understands. You feel helpless and alone.”

Frankie chatted with Lorraine.

Back in 2011, Frankie had a breakdown and was admitted in a psychiatric hospital after suffering from negative thoughts, panic attacks and difficulty sleeping.

The mum-of-two said that when The Saturdays filmed their music video for My Heart Takes Over, you can tell she’s hurting deep inside. She said: “It’s hard to watch this video. It was such a low point, I was so sad, you can see there is nothing behind the eyes. Wayne and I had been together about a year. He could have easily left. He’s the whole reason I went into hospital, he phoned my GP and said she needs more help.”

She added: “I can talk about it now, but it’s still difficult. I have spoken about mental health for years but going back and seeing doctors notes is difficult as it’s seeing things that I had forgotten about.”

Frankie said she felt at her lowest in this video.

Frankie has recently took part in the Sport Relief Trek, where she suffered her first panic attack in five years. She had the panic attack on camera but said as the charity is about focusing on mental health, it gave people a real inside to what the reality of it truly is.

She said: “It was like ‘the fear’. You’re handing yourself over to others you don’t know in the middle of the desert, it’s so hot. I just got into my own head. It’s overwhelming. The last three days I was fine, it was just the first day.”

The mum-of-two said it’s hard to watch this video.

Frankie, who first found fame aged 12 in S Club Juniors, the adolescent spin-off of the hugely successful pop group S Club 7 said she hopes that her book helps others. She said her two children Parker 6, and Carter 4, are too young to understand what mental health is but she makes a point of speaking to them before bed about how they have felt throughout the day. She said: “Every night at bedtime we discuss how we are feeling and how we have felt that day. ‘What made you happy today? What made you sad that day? I think they really benefit from it. And they ask me too, it’s really cute!”

  • OPEN: Why asking for help can save your life is out now.





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