Peter Andre
Peter Andre is a global media star prominently known for his successful music and television career with an incredible social following of over 8 million. This year marks his 30 ye...
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Who are you?
My name's Peter Andre. I am a musician, a singer songwriter. I do TV presenting, I'm doing film. I get to do loads of things in the entertainment industry, and I want you to feel free to ask me anything about panic attacks or mental illness.
What is your background?
My name is Peter Andre. I was born in England in 1973 that long ago. Can you believe it?
What does mental health mean to you?
Mental health as a subject. Mental health as something I've experienced means so much to me to be able to talk about it, to be at a stage in our lives when we can actually all talk about it. We can have forums like this where you can ask questions and not feel afraid. And more importantly, probably the most important thing is to realise that you are not alone. I suffered mental health from my mid to late twenties, and I was out in and out of therapy and on medication for years, and I couldn't talk about it Back then. We weren't allowed to talk about it. Back then, it was taboo. In fact, a lot of people didn't even know what it was. We didn't know that if a panic attack, if you had a panic attack, that that's what it was called. I didn't know that social phobia was social phobia. I didn't know that intrusive thoughts were intrusive thoughts. So you just think there's something wrong with you. You think you are broken, and you try and find every way you can get help without telling those closest to you because they may not understand. But now we're at a time where we can talk about it and you realise there's millions upon millions of people going through this right now.