Vogue Williams reveals her battle with crippling anxiety became worse following her marriage to Brian McFadden ending
VOGUE Williams has revealed that her battle with crippling anxiety became so intense she was unable to leave the house or sleep.
The 32-year-old model was diagnosed with the condition during her early 20s but after her three-year marriage to Brian McFadden broke down in 2015 it worsened.
She told The Sunday Mirror: “It is horrible. Sometimes I wouldn’t want to go out. I keep myself to myself and I am not one for going out with huge groups of people any more.
“It is something I can manage by going to the gym. I don’t know where it stems from. Usually it goes away when I am really busy.”
The tension caused by her anxiety has led Vogue to grind her teeth – something which she now wears a gum shield for to prevent.
“I have started wearing gum shields again because I grind my teeth really badly when I go to bed. It is really weird and hard to explain to people.
“I will get a racing heart and my whole body is tense. I will get knackered after a day if I have been anxious. I’ve had it since my early 20s.”
While in the clutches of the mental illness Vogue was prescribed a beta-blocker, which is commonly used to treat Angina patients.
She said: “I had it before but going through [the divorce] made it so much worse. I had a really bad back for a while and had to go on medication, so that made it worse.
“That was when I was at my lowest. I was on a beta-blocker – it blocks the symptoms of anxiety. I wasn’t sleeping... or I was getting an hour a night.”
She added: “It doesn’t discriminate – so many people have it. Social media is putting so much pressure on, and it leaves you never feeling good enough. It is the world we live in now.”
However the star has found happiness again with former Made In Chelsea bad boy turned brother-in-law to the royals, Spencer Matthews and says that apart from being lovers they’re the best of friends.
She gushed: “He is my best pal. I remember thinking we would be best friends forever.
“It is the first relationship where I don't have fights with people.”
The model has previously defended Spencer’s reality TV Lothario reputation and insisted he’s not how people think he is.
She told Sunday Times Style: "Spencer’s not what people think he is from the TV show.
"He was 18 or 19 going into the TV show living his life like a normal guy. He’s grown up. He’s not like that any more. If you met him, you would think he was such a lovely person.
"My family love him, I get on great with his family - it’s all really nice."
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