{"id":69867,"date":"2024-01-20T09:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T09:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/fame-made-me-more-self-aware-says-frankie-bridge\/"},"modified":"2024-01-20T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T09:01:26","slug":"fame-made-me-more-self-aware-says-frankie-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/fame-made-me-more-self-aware-says-frankie-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Fame made me more self-aware, says Frankie Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-01-20\" datetime=\"1705741286\" pubdate=\"\">20 January 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/frankie-bridge\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,frankie-bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frankie Bridge<\/a> thinks she&#8217;s been more self-conscious because of her fame and success.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Frankie Bridge has struggled with body image issues<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old beauty struggled with her body image during her younger years, after she shot to stardom as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/the-saturdays\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,the-saturdays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Saturdays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie told New! magazine: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s always going to be in the back of my mind. I&#8217;ve always been that way inclined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think with especially with what I do as a job, you are more self-aware. But I am genuinely better with it now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looking after myself is not just about working out or eating right. It&#8217;s making sure I&#8217;m ticking off all the boxes that bring me joy throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I think that for people with a lot of self-image issues, some of that comes down to control and feeling like you&#8217;ve got all your ducks in a row. It&#8217;s not always just about going to the gym.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankie has been open and honest about her mental health struggles over recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut she&#8217;s now developed a better understanding of her troubles.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;When you understand that it&#8217;s a medical thing, it makes you feel like you&#8217;re not just crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankie previously entered a specialist mental health hospital after realising that she &#8220;couldn&#8217;t cope with everyday life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe brunette beauty &#8211; who is married to former soccer star Wayne Bridge &#8211; told BBC Radio 1: &#8220;I&#8217;d reached a point where I couldn&#8217;t cope with everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I was constantly crying and telling my partner [footballer Wayne Bridge] that I didn&#8217;t really want to be here anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFrankie now feels &#8220;proud&#8221; to have emerged from her mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I still suffer with depression and anxiety but I just know how to deal with it better now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/fame-made-self-aware-says-frankie-bridge-1393136.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 January 2024 Frankie Bridge thinks she&#8217;s been more self-conscious because of her fame and success. Frankie Bridge has struggled with body image issues The 35-year-old beauty struggled with her body image during her younger years, after she shot to stardom as part of The Saturdays. Frankie told New! magazine: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5835,6054,5836],"class_list":{"0":"post-69867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-frankie-bridge","9":"tag-the-saturdays","10":"tag-wayne-bridge"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}