ITV Emmerdale's Gemma Oaten opens up on childhood in psychiatric unit as fans rush to support her

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ITV Emmerdale star Gemma Oaten has shared her traumatic experience of childhood in a searingly honest social media post. To mark eating disorders awareness week, the soap actress has shared all.

Gemma has been supported by fans as she recalled her life through childhood and teenage years. The ITV star said: "This is me on my 13th birthday.

I look happy. Was I?" Gemma then revealed she was anorexia at age 10 and turned away by a GP the same year. At 11, she was put on a waiting list for CAHMS and at 12 her weight restoring began "through reward & punishment system. " She relapsed at 14. READ MORE Connor Ball has leg stitched back together in gory scenes Video: Emmerdale: Meena admits to hitting Ben with an oar (Birmingham Mail)Covid-hit Queen cancels planned virtual engagementsVigil held in Birmingham city centre for UkraineSally makes honest admission before Dancing on Ice exitMcDonalds announce The Chicken Big MacThis Morning Fans Baffled When Caller Doesn't Know Where She LivesPhillip Schofield 'told off' by chef on This MorningNeighbours Karl Kennedy on This Morning as show comes to an endSPOILER: John is named as suspect but Trigger Point fans are convinced he has actually been set upPhillip Schofield left concerned for Connor Ball after nasty fall"Refugees are welcome here"- People gather for a vigil for Ukraine in Birmingham city centre Gemma wrote: "The young girl in this pic had a future.

She had a life. It was taken. For 13yrs, staring death in the face over & over. 13yrs, gone. This is why I do what I do & why my parents co-founded @SeedSupportUK.