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Denise Welch reveals she 'self medicated with drink and drugs' during her 'worst episode of severe depression' - and recalls 'shaking and crying' moments after TV appearance


The Loose Women host, 66, shared a clip of herself from 1999 singing Petula Clark's Downtown on Celebrity Stars in their Eyes.

Denise Welch has shared a heartfelt post marking World Mental Health Day as she opened up on her own battle with depression and anxiety. 'I was self-medicating with drink and drugs, had been up all night with debilitating anxiety and fell into my mother's arms backstage shaking and crying. Denise Welch has shared a heartfelt post marking World Mental Health Day as she opened up on her own battle with depression and anxiety

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