Helen Flanagan has bravely spoken out about her health concerns as she admitted she "couldn't cope". The former Coronation Street star, 33, shared her experience with her menstrual cycle and revealed it made her feel "awful" and "depressed". She opened up on her health woes to her social media followers while promoting a new podcast.
Speaking in the clip, Helen emotionally shared: "I just couldn't cope. I just felt so awful and I would feel so depressed. "I went to the doctors being like 'I honestly feel so horrendous mentally before my period, I need to take something to level me out'.
I really thought it was gonna kind of like fix me but it actually made me feel absolutely terrible." The mum-of-three shared her experience with Grace Prosser, a personal development teacher. Alongside the clip, Grace wrote: "We put our hearts and souls into this and we are really excited to release the first episode.
Our intention with this episode is to help as many women as we possibly can to feel seen, heard, understood and not alone. In this episode, we delve into Helen’s personal life experiences and discuss the importance of mental health, the menstrual cycle, hormones and emotions. "We talk about Helen’s 6 week feminine healing and empowerment journey of cycle syncing with me as her friend and mentor! I feel very blessed to have helped you on your journey and I thank God for this experience and opportunity.
I also thank you Helen for being courageous enough to have these conversati.
