Helen Flanagan admits she 'struggled really badly' with postnatal depression and OCD

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Helen Flanagan has opened up about her mental health and her experience with postnatal depression. The former Coronation Street star, 33, admitted she 'struggled really badly' after welcoming two of her children.

Helen opened up about her experience in honour of Mental Health Awareness Day on Tuesday. The actress shares three children - daughters Matilda, eight, and Delilah, five, and son Charlie, two - with her ex-fiance, former Celtic player Scott Sinclair.

Captioning the post she wrote: "Mental health. It's important to talk and know your not on your own and to be kind, kind as you can as life is so complicated."I struggled badly with post natal after Matilda and with Charlie x Matilda I was really unwell with after, I struggled really badly with OCD and intrusive thoughts and had CBT for a good year x."She continued: "I found an amazing book by @bryonygordon 'No such thing as normal' and I'd really recommend it x A good therapist can really help and I feel lucky I've always been able to speak to my mum and had good friends x you're not on your own x chose this pic as even though I didn't look it I had bad post natal with Charlie x." Fans rushed to praise Helen on her openness as one wrote: "So brave Helen I had post Partum ocd it is the worst thing Iv ever been through." Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. "Thank you for sharing.

I had postpartum depression and the intrusive thoughts, luckily the intrusive part only lasted a few weeks but I thought I was going mad," another said.