‘I felt like I had acid being poured inside my head' reveals Louise Thompson as she shares crippling health battle
LOUISE Thompson has revealed that she felt like acid was being poured inside her head as she shared her crippling health battle.
The Made in
Chelsea
star has opened up about what her depression anxiety and PTSD were really like after she nearly died in labour.
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Louise Thompson has revealed that she felt like acid was being poured inside her head as she shared her crippling health battle.
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Louise shared photos on Instagram of the moment she met son Leo for the first time' in hospital – pictured with her partner Ryan Libbey
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Louise has said she would just hope the world could be less judgemental
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Speaking on TikTok on the He Said, She said podcast, Louise said: "I don't know if this feels a bit unfair but I would love for everybody in the whole world.
"To spend one day with severe depression and one day with debilitating anxiety or PTSD.
"Just so that people could have that perspective and so that they could, would have a lot more compassion for people that have struggled with those diseases."
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"It's not always just thoughts, it's not always just the mental.
"There are really excruciating physical symptoms and I used to feel like I had acid being poured into my head.
"And I think if everybody kind of knew what that felt like, then the world would be a much less judgemental place."
Last month, Louise revealed
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, after the couple
.
She
posted a photo of a positive
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test, and
said: "It's crazy to think that
Leo
could have had a sibling born last September.
Watch as Louise Thompson breaks down in tears live on her podcast as she claims she's 'burnt out'
"I doubt that it was ever going to work. Probably a mere chemical pregnancy.
"Whatever it was the change in hormones or blood flow to that area caused the most insane amount of bleeding from my bum in the weeks that followed and ended up having my stoma surgery as a result. So capiche. That was the end of that dream.
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"My fertility and our fertility journey is something I'm only just starting to wrap my head around 3 1/2 years after the birth of my beautiful son.
"There is a lot I haven't come to terms with, and I haven't wanted to until now. I remember my therapist asking me about it a few years ago and she asked whether I was sad about my situation and I just brushed it off.
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"It was all way to soon to start thinking about the idea of more anything when I had so much fixing to do.
"But I actually remembered to mention it in a medical appointment last week and it kind of brought about this flood of emotions and it felt quite necessary and quite good. I need to get it out now."
Louise was flooded with messages of support from fans, after her heartbreaking
news
.
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It comes after she said she'd "never have the perfect family,"
Despite dreams of having four children,
Louise wrote in
"Nothing emphasises the passing of time like your child's birthday, and I can't deny that when I look around at other friends popping out countless children, it hits home that this is not a reality for us.
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"I always imagined I'd have four children. I loved the idea of a big family with lots of noise and different personalities.
"People said it would be hard work, but I liked the idea of each sibling bringing up the one behind them. I wanted to be like the Von Trapps. This will never be my life.
"I used to believe that if you work hard enough you can achieve anything, but that's not true: I will never be able to go back and fix what happened to me.
"There will always be a sadness that I won't experience childbirth again. That sadness is a part of who I am now and I need to learn how to take it forward into the rest of my life."
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Sadly, Louise ended up in hospital after writing her thoughts about her health ordeal.
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during the birth of her
in 2021, which left her with
Louise has bravely revealed all about her traumatic childbirth in her
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Louise had a traumatic experience with the birth of her son Leo
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Louise is very close to her brother Sam who is also her neighbour
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Louise and her family celebrating her birthday by going out for dinner
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