Sarah Ferguson heartbreak as she explains how mother made her feel 'worthless'

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READ MORE: Dickinson's Real Deal expert Cheryl Hakeney quits after 14 yearsOpening up to Loose Women, Fergie explained she thinks it was this abandonment which kickstarted her mental health issues. "I think it's so important I can sit here now, very authentic, because I have really pushed them", she said. "And I think it started when mum went to live in Argentina and it was 1970 or something and I was 12. "So I must be worthless for my mum to leave and of course I must be, so that's when I started eating. "And I had an eating disorder then and I pushed on the pounds. "Fergie continued: "I think it's always there, I do have body dysmorphic disorder, even now I think. "It's important to say it.

We're human and we just need to be real. "That is all we need to be, I'm in pain, I'm not perfect, I got it wrong, this is who I am. "And it's because I've done mental therapy, mental health issues, I've talked very openly about it and I'm really proud of that journey, which is why I like writing. "Fergie's mum died in a horrific car accident in September 1998, just over one year after her friend Princess Diana was also killed in a car crash.

Susan, aged 61, was driving with her nephew outside the town of Tres Lomas in Argentina when her landrover hit a van on a highway.

She was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt at the time and while her nephew survived the incident, Susan was killed instantly.