Broadcaster Angela Scanlon has revealed she suffered with an eating disorder for 15 years, where she would often live off black coffee and pineapple.
Angela went on to say that, in her experience, life following the birth of a baby is ‘intense.’ On an Instagram Q&A, the TV presenter revealed she went to therapy to deal with postpartum depression after her first daughter. The presenter spoke out in March about how she ‘massively’ struggled with exhaustion following the birth of her first daughter in 2018, Ruby Ellen.
RTE star Angela Scanlon has opened up about her 15-year struggle with an eating disorder.The broadcaster, who is living in London, spoke about her iss.
She added: “My eating disorder gave me something I could control, all day, every day. "I felt like the two versions were me, but one was acceptable, and one wasn’t. One was loveable and one wasn’t. One was tolerable and one was repulsive." "I got the 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 Dubliner spoke about her struggles with mental health for the first time, revealing she had an eating disorder for 15 years.
there is so much to process and hormones on top of everything. An excerpt from the book was published by the Irish Independent which reads: “I managed to paint a decent picture and life looked good. She said: "I struggled massively after my first baby.
Angela Scanlon has been opening up on her history of disordered eating for the first time, crediting practising gratitude as helping her.
And I think that’s what an eating disorder – or any sort of addiction – allows you to do. Having suffered from bulimia and anorexia since the age of 17, Angela told Huffington Post that she ‘wanted to talk about it for a long time. And I think that kind of chips away at you, actually, without even really being aware of that.’