Love Island winner Greg O'Shea has opened up on a "really, really bad" time in his life when he considered a suicide attempt.
In a new brutally honest interview, the Limerick entertainer and rugby star revealed that one evening he thought about taking his own life while behind the wheel of a car.
Thankfully, he decided against it - and immediately drove himself to a doctor.
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The 27-year-old appeared on The Laughs of Your Life with Doireann Garrihy podcast, telling the 2FM presenter: "I remember one time I was back in Dublin and I was driving around and it got really, really bad.
"It got overwhelming at one stage, I was behind the wheel of the car and I was like, 'alright this is going one of two ways'.
"I don’t want to get too dark on the podcast but it was basically a decision of, alright, either this is all over, or bring yourself to the doctor right now,"
Greg continued: "Thank God I did, I drove myself to the doctor and I said '‘I need to speak to someone right now'.
"They helped me thank God. I had to go on pretty heavy medication and that didn’t even work, they had to double the medication and it get really, really bad for a few months".
It resulted in a change in his thought process and attitude, as he told Doireann exactly what he did to give himself a kick-start again.
"I sat down with a piece of paper and a pen and I started writing down the things I cared about, my family, my friends, fitness, presenting.
"I decided those were my pillars, I’m going to surround myself with my family and friends, I’m going to do my best presenting and hosting and I’m also going to create a fitness app and I’m just going to go hell for leather".
The full episode of Doireann Garrihy's Laugh of Your Life with Greg O'Shea will be published on Monday
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