Singer Frankie Bridge talks about her battle with depression

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Frankie Bridge, a former member of pop group The Saturdays, has revealed “depression is absolutely kicking my arse”.The 36-year-old, who has spoken openly about her mental health since 2011, said she had made the comments in an Instagram post as “a little reminder that sometimes we have bad days”.

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00:00hi I just thought I had to come on because I'm like what a difference a

00:04day makes like literally yesterday I was like questioning the point of life and

00:11why I keep striving to feel better without anxiety and depression and like

00:17wondering what everyone else's life would be like if I didn't have it and

00:21think about people that have brains that just work normally and they don't have

00:26this constant thing going on in their head and then today I feel great I think

00:33the Sun has definitely helped and I am in the gym

00:39Wayne was having a nap the kids are outside and I just thought what am I

00:42doing I'm just sat on the sofa eating biscuits again just go in the gym even

00:46though you don't want to I've done a full leg workout and I normally only do

00:50one workout and now I'm halfway through my full arm workout I mean what

00:56difference a day makes basically my point is and this is to remind myself as

01:03well is that you've just gotta you know like just keep going each day is

01:11different and there's always a light at the end of the tunnel and it gets

01:17frustrating sometimes because you think I'm constantly going back into the dark

01:21and then back into the light and it's so annoying but and when you're in it it's

01:25so hard to see it and to feel it but if anyone's feeling like that today this is

01:31just my reminder to you that I get it but honestly it's all worth it

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