Corrie's Tina O'Brien opens up about suffering from postnatal depression

She's spoken out for the first time

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 17th Jan 2019
Last updated 17th Jan 2019

Coronation Street actress Tina O'Brien has opened up about suffering from postnatal depression after she had her daughter, Scarlett. The 35-year-old, who has played Sarah-Louise Platt on the soap on and off since 1999, took on the 10-Year Challenge to speak out about the illness.

Sharing two photos of herself with her daughter, who she shares with ex-boyfriend and former co-star Ryan Thomas, Tina revealed that she'd suffered from the illness after having her daughter and finding herself single.

She wrote, '#10yearchallenge wouldn’t be complete without my incredible 10 year old daughter. I wish I could tell the scared and fragile Tina of 10 years ago it’s going to be ok, you will get through this. I had very bad post natal depression even looking at the pic on the left reminds me how bad it was and that makes me so sad.'

Tina wrote that she wishes she'd 'had the confidence to ask for help' as 'life felt pretty dark for a little while', but that the 'dark days eventually lifted'. She wrote, 'I was then a single mum, times when absolutely no income was coming in. I’d be lying if I said it was easy. 2009 was a tough year But to get through things sure as hell makes you stronger.'

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She went on to say that she's had some 'incredible highs, great opportunities and jobs', and has met some 'wonderful people' who she's still in touch with, and paid tribute to her 'beautiful, kind' daughter.

She concluded, 'Feeling in a very wonderful place in 2019 married to the most caring and incredible man I could ever wish to have met. Sometimes I still can’t believe you picked me @adamcrofts I feel so loved and I feel so bloody grateful to be a part of our little family. I’ll never take any of it for granted I promise.' sic

Fans praised Tina for speaking out, with many writing messages of support under the post. One wrote, 'You're such an inspiration 💞 glad you're in a good place and wish you every happiness' and another added, 'Very lovely & inspiring post! Well done to you!'

She also responded to a lot of comments from her fans who opened up about their own experience with postnatal depression, wishing them well and sending kind words.

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