ADAM Collard has opened up about his secret battle with depression in 2024 – calling it “the hardest year of my life”.
The Love Island star admitted to having a painkiller and sleeping pill addiction and struggling with his mental health in the same year he proposed to his pregnant girlfriend Laura Woods.
Adam, 29, has bravely told fans he turned to therapy and anti-depressants when he was struggling most in 2024.
Posting on Instagram to remind those seeing everyone’s highlights at New Year, Adam wrote: “This year was tough, tougher than ever before.”
Listing everything bad that happened to him last year, Adam said: “Struggled with my mental health more than ever. Lost something important. Struggled with injuries. Suffered with addiction to painkillers and sleeping pills and justified it as “it doesn’t affect fitness” or because it wasn’t booze.
“Got diagnosed with depression. Prescribed anti-depressants. Lost family. Drifted from certain friends. Tried to reach out to people and failed. Felt lost.”
He then went on to say that it was also the “greatest year of my life”.
“Remember you are always strong enough to reframe things and change the outcome,” he continued, before listing all the difficulties he overcame in 2024.
Adam said: “I started therapy and got over the fear of it. Travelled with people I love. Understood myself better and began to like me more.
:Reflected on things I’m proud of. Developed stronger friendships, made up with lost family. Proposed.
“Signed new contracts with brands I love. Went back on TV, got rid of people holding me back. Built a bigger business.”
Adam ended by saying: “I found out I was going to be a dad. The highlight. Felt more love than ever.”
The reality star added: “It isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, but if you feel like you’re losing everything, remember that trees lose their leaves every day and they still stand tall and wait for better days to come. Stay strong.”
His fiance Laura commented underneath the Instagram post, telling him: “Amazing, Adam. All my love.”
