Jessie Wynter on battling eating disorder, buying a house with Will and pressure of Love Island
ok.co.ukTrigger Warning: This article contains mentions of eating disorders Since leaving the Love Island villa last year, Jessie Wynter has used her platform to speak up about a whole host of important topics, including her experience of an eating disorder.
Something she first experienced during her teenage years, the 27 year old admits that it’s taken her almost a decade to come to terms with what she’s been through as she opens up to OK!.
Now at a stage in which she has been able to process her experience, the TV personality is keen to help other people who may be going through similar, after admitting that she was once “desperate” for advice. “It's really important for me to speak about these things because when I was in my worst periods of my eating disorder, when I was suffering the most, it was an extremely lonely and isolating period,” she tells us. “I think if I had gotten some advice from someone else, it would have been so much more comforting.” For Jessie, the turning point came when she realised how much her eating disorder was taking away from other areas of her life.
When she was missing out on social events and turned down spending time with loved ones, she knew she had to change. “At my lowest point, my relationship with my boyfriend at the time ended.
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