Denise Welch has opened up about her struggle with depression that led to a series of nervous breakdowns as she filmed for Coronation Street.
Denise, now 61, starred as Natalie Horrocks on the Cobbles between 1997 and 2000. Often candid about mental health issues and open about her own difficulties, Denise suffered two breakdowns that led to her making herself vomit to "take away the pain that was in [her] head." "My depression was so bad I had two nervous breakdowns while doing Coronation Street," she told the Loose Women panel. "I was trying to work through [the nervous breakdowns] to the point that I was getting up at 5am for filming. "I was crawling on my hands and knees to the toilet, making myself vomit because by making myself be