Denise Welch has hit back at a troll who criticized her for constantly talking about her mental health and depression.
The row took place on X/formerly Twitter, when a troll spotted Denise talking about her mental health on Loose Women on Wednesday.
The viewer tweeted: ‘STOP THE FRONT PAGE, DENISE TALKS ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH AND DEPRESSION! This has NEVER happened before. #LooseWomen #Denise.”
In response to the tweet, Denise, 65, wrote: ‘Thanks Harry. I’ve been talking about it for 35 years, even though no one in the public eye ever has. And I’ll keep going until I pop my clogs, so stay tuned!!
“If you’ve ever been hospitalized after a depressive episode, you might want to talk about it too!!” She finished the tweet with four thumbs up emojis.
Denise Welch, 65, hit back on Wednesday at a troll on
Denise wrote: ‘Thanks Harry. I’ve been talking about it for 35 years, even though no one in the public eye ever has. And I’ll keep going until I bust my clogs, so stay tuned!!”
The actress has been a panelist on Loose Women since 2005 and is known for her outspoken opinions (pictured in March with fellow panelist Katie Piper)
Harry chose not to respond to Denise’s tweet, although they have since tweeted on their own behalf.
Fans of Denise flooded the star with support, writing: ‘Exactly and you talk about it so openly and honestly while everyone else keeps telling your story, you will always be heard by us’;
‘Well done Denise! It’s great that you keep talking about it, as well as all the other things that others are afraid to say’;
‘These types of messages make it so important to express your opinion. Thank you for doing that ‘;
“I’m sorry you have to deal with this kind of attack. Your courage and commitment are inspiring to many. Mental health is so important’;
“Thank you @RealDeniseWelch for courageously sharing your mental health journey and encouraging others to seek support. Your vulnerability is a powerful reminder that it’s okay to not be okay.
‘Let’s keep the conversation going and break the stigma around mental health. #MentalHealthMatters’;
“Never stop talking, Denise!”
Denise’s fans flooded the star with support, thanking her for speaking out about these taboo issues and encouraging her to keep going
Denise has previously reflected on her ‘terrifying’ post-natal depression, which her frontman son Matty Healy wrote a song about in 1975
Denise has previously reflected on her ‘terrifying’ post-natal depression, which her frontman son Matty Healy wrote a song about in 1975.
Denise described how she didn’t look ‘ruddy’ during pregnancy but had panic attacks after giving birth, couldn’t breastfeed and tried to climb out of the window of her flat.
She told Good Morning Britain in 2023: ‘Medicine couldn’t tell anything was wrong at the time. I was a typical thriving mom, loving every minute of it.
‘Five days later I had a panic attack and breastfeeding had stopped. I went from full breastfeeding breasts to nothing.
‘At the time I was told that this only happens when a partner or baby dies. That day my mother found me trying to crawl out of the window.’
She added: “It was honestly the most terrifying thing. People don’t want to die, they want to stop the pain.
“If I didn’t have my family, I don’t know where I would be. Matty grew up with mom who was sick and when he was older he wrote She Lays Down.
‘I still get emotional when I think about it. I lay down on the floor and prayed for something that would help me love my child. Depression takes away the ability to love.”
Denise then tearfully explained that her “darkest moments were at the beginning,” when she was trying to understand postpartum depression.
Denise and Matt Healy, 34, and her second and last child Louis Healy, 23, an actor. She shares them with ex-husband Tim Healy
She said: ‘The main thing was that I couldn’t love my child and that does affect me. When you have this baby that you wanted so much, and you have no love.
‘Because what depression does is it depresses every single emotion, so it doesn’t pursue happiness, it strives for normality – it pursues the ability to be happy, to be sad, to care, to be jealous , to feel anger, because with depression, you feel nothing.
“And that’s why you feel like life can’t be worth living unless you have a family like mine that says every day, ‘You will get better.'”
In 2021, she revealed that she is still dealing with her ‘endogenous’ depression, but her last major episode was in 2019.
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