Hollyoaks star Joe Tracini has bravely opened up about his high-end personality disorder, admitting his his brain ‘told him to kill himself on Tuesday’.
The 31-year-old actor, best known for playing Dennis Savage in the Channel 4 soap, called into Good Morning Britain on Thursday to discuss his mental health battle and how he’s coping with the COVID-19 lockdown by sharing funny videos online.
A person with a personality disorder thinks, feels, behaves or relates to others very differently from the average person.
Battle: Hollyoaks star Joe Tracini has bravely opened up about his high-end personality disorder, admitting his his brain ‘told him to kill himself on Tuesday’
Quizzed by host Lorraine Kelly about his current mood, Joe replied: ‘It depends what day you catch me.
‘I have high-end personality disorder. On Tuesday, my brain kept telling me to kill myself, but I waited.
‘I appreciate I make you laugh, all I can ever do is wait. I can’t change how I feel or how I think.
‘If I hang about, however, how I feel changes. I stopped watching the news (no disrespect to you [Lorraine])!’
In conversation: The 31-year-old actor called into Good Morning Britain on Thursday to discuss his mental health battle and how he’s coping with the COVID-19 lockdown by sharing funny videos online
Asked about his mood, Joe said: ‘It depends what day you catch me. I have high-end personality disorder. On Tuesday, my brain kept telling me to kill myself, but I waited’
Joe revealed that while his girlfriend Holly has been a fantastic support to him, he’s found it easier to manage the current lockdown situation because he is used to self-isolating from the world.
He explained: ‘If I feel negative, I don’t stop myself feeling negative. That doesn’t go anywhere. If I feel something, eventually it will change.
‘Having Holly does help, but I’ve been self-isolating since 1994. It’s good for me, but I do continually think about people who don’t have anyone.’
Speaking directly to viewers who might be suffering from a mental health related illness, he said: ‘If you’re anyone like me then don’t kill yourself, the world needs you.’
Uplifting content: Joe has been posting dance videos in leotards to uplift the nation, which he joked his mother is thrilled about
Comedic touch: Joe performed a beautiful dance alongside his girlfriend in a leotard, putting a funny spin on things by inventing moves called ‘rusty seduction’ and ‘press-on-my-face’ and ‘vegan relative’
Joe has been posting dance videos in leotards to uplift the nation, which he joked his mother is thrilled about.
He chuckled: ‘Can you tell I don’t have much on during the videos? I can’t do actual dance moves.
‘I’ve done some awful things in my life, so it’s nice this is the thing my mother is the most proud of.’
In a video shared earlier this week, Joe and Holly perform a beautiful choreography as they self-isolated together at her family home.
Introducing the viral clip, Joe jokes it’s ‘about a couple that are arguing over the last of the Haribo Tangtastics’.
Joe performs the beautiful dance alongside his girlfriend in a leotard, putting a funny spin on things by inventing moves called ‘rusty seduction’ and ‘press-on-my-face’ and ‘vegan relative’.
The actor revealed he has been forced to isolate with his prospective in-laws – the very first time he’s ever met them.
‘I’m with Holly’s family at the moment, this is the first time I’ve actually met them’, he explained.
‘I came over to say hello then the lockdown started so I’ve stayed here. It’s like I’ve booked a B&B for free!’
Amusing: Introducing the viral clip, Joe jokes it’s ‘about a couple that are arguing over the last of the Haribo Tangtastics’
