TV presenter Angela Scanlon has revealed that she suffered with an eating disorder for 15 years.
The Dubliner, 38, spoke about her struggles with mental health for the first time in her new book Joyride.
The RTE's presenter's latest book is part memoir and part self-help.
An excerpt from the book was published by the Irish Independent which reads: “I managed to paint a decent picture and life looked good. I got a big entertainment TV job, I had a hair ad, I did all the glossy red-carpet things and I was more miserable than I have ever been in my life."
The 38-year-old spoke of her anorexia and bulimia as she reflected on how she lived on “black coffee and canned pineapple” in her late teens and if she felt weak, she’d snack on “an apple or a box of raisins” as a way to regain energy.
She said that it started when she was at school after she heard a girl talk about eating and throwing up in the toilets.
She penned: “My eating disorder gave me something I could control, all day, every day. It seduced me into believing it was me who held the wheel.”
The Ratoath native eventually went to therapy and now has a “slightly more balanced view of life”.
Meanwhile, in an Instagram Q&A, she revealed she went to therapy to deal with postpartum depression after she gave birth to her first daughter.
She said: "I struggled massively after my first baby. I wasn't really aware at the time but it did push me to go into therapy which is the best gift I've ever given myself.
"I think the odd down day or period is totally normal but if you're in a fog for months then don't be afraid to ask for help or speak to someone about it.
"Often we feel embarrassed or ashamed because we're supposed to be in that divine 'baby bubble'. I have thankfully felt a lot of that this time but it hasn't been an easy journey.
"It's intense! Their needs, your needs, the guilt, the joy... there is so much to process and hormones on top of everything. I'm trying to just accept and also lower expectations.
"Things don't need to be perfect. It can go to s*** multiple times a day but we're surviving!"
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