‘TOWIE’ star Georgia Kousoulou has been speaking to a counsellor weekly after quitting ‘Sink or Swim’, which brought up “so much anxiety”.
The ‘Only Way is Essex’ star appeared on the Channel 4 show – on which several non-swimmer celebrities train to take on the ultimate challenge of swimming the English Channel – last night (27.08.19) but departed the programme early after it became “a bit too much”, and she has admitted the “pressure” of the series’ challenge brought up “so much anxiety”.
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She wrote on Instagram:
“Prob the most honest post I have ever done & prob the worst pics Iv ever posted ..
I don’t even know how to open up fully as I have got so good at hiding my emotions but I’ll try..
Being apart of sink or swim has honestly taught me so much & im so thankful for the opportunity, I want to thank my team & the production team @twofourgroup & @channel4 who were AMAZING I feel like Iv been on a lIttle journey ..it just all got abit to much.. this was my first time in 5 years I realised I needed some Down time!
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The pressure of this massive challenge brought up so many emotions & so much anxiety that I hid and never dealt with over the last few years .. I don’t know why but it did . I was determined to not give up and trained for 5/6 weeks as I really didn’t want to let anyone down.. my team , the production & the fact it’s for @su2cuk
Every day i would find myself crying , comfort eating & I just didn’t want to leave the house.. all I wanted to do was stay at home with monkey. I kept trying to be positive and happy but I literally couldn’t . honestly looking back now , I don’t even know who I was .. I was in denial thinking I was ok when I wasn’t!
sometimes you have to be honest with yourself & sometimes you have to put yourself first even if it’s scary!.. now I am so glad I did as I’m in such a clearer mind space .. my thinking is so different & im now speaking to my beautiful Counciller weekly! (sic)”
Georgia has now encouraged anybody who is feeling low to talk about their feelings rather than bottle them up.
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She added:
“My advice to anyone is .. you can fake a smile for only so long but BE HONEST with yourself & please talk about your feelings .. don’t bottle them up & wait untill you burst ! It’s ok to admit your not ok .we are all human and all go through things in life
“Thank you to my @tommy_mallet & My family for being there . I’m so grateful . (sic)”