Little Mix's Perrie Edwards reveals her battle with anxiety in honest Instagram post ❤️

She's bravely opened up

Author: Alex RossPublished 18th Apr 2019
Last updated 19th Apr 2019

The Little Mix girls have never been the type to hold back from sharing their feelings, but Perrie Edwards' most recent Instagram post is perhaps her most honest yet.

Perrie, who is dating Liverpool and England footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, shared a stunning photo of herself with her fans, opening up about her struggles with anxiety and panic attacks.

The 25-year-old wrote, 'I’d like to open up about something. Venting your feelings is healthy and I want to be honest with you all. Over the past few years I have suffered really badly with anxiety and panic attacks. When I first started to feel the effects of anxiety I thought I was losing my mind and it terrified me. I felt so alone and like I was the first person in the world to ever experience it.'

Perrie continued, 'The first panic attack was so intense and overwhelming I felt like I was having a heart attack, I was so scared and confused and had no idea what was happening to me. I’m not sure what triggered that first one but it soon spiralled & I found myself in a really dark place, feeling alone and scared. I had people around me but I couldn’t explain to them what was happening to me or why. It affected me so badly that I didn’t even want to leave the house. I would step foot out the door and feel the overwhelming need to go straight back inside. It completely took over my life.'

The 'Black Magic' singer went on to reveal her physical attacks have now stopped, but she still lives with anxiety every day.

She said, 'I’m happy to say that the physical attacks have stopped but unfortunately the anxiety still lives on. The reality is it probably always will.'

Admitting she sometimes feels like she's a 'prisoner' in her head, Perrie wrote, 'I’ve had a relationship with my mind for 25 years now, so to feel it working against me sometimes makes me feel like a prisoner in my own head. It feels like the most unnatural thing in the world but the thing that helped me the most was discovering I’m not alone. I’m not the only person going through this. There are people all over the world feeling the exact same way I do!'

Perrie concluded her message revealing she's worked out 'coping mechanisms', writing, 'As soon as I realised I wasn’t going insane I felt more eager to beat it. I had therapy and I surround myself with my loved ones. Talking to someone relieves you of SO MUCH STRESS. I worked out coping mechanism’s and learned what the triggers are so that I can fight the attacks before they take hold. I restricted my time on social media which often made me feel trapped and claustrophobic. I took control of my life and accepted what I couldn’t control.

'I don’t want to hide it anymore. I suffer from anxiety and I want you to all know if you suffer from anxiety you’re not alone ♥'.

Perrie has enjoyed worldwide success since Little Mix won The X Factor back in 2011. The girls have stormed the charts, sold millions of records, toured the world and performed at some of the biggest events in the world.

Check out Little Mix through the years below:

2011

After being put into a group by Kelly Rowland on The X Factor in 2011, the Little Mix girls rocked denim and trainers as they posed at the Judges Houses' stage of the competition.

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