Sheridan Smith has opened up about her battle with anxiety following the death of her father - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Sheridan Smith has opened up about her battle with anxiety following the death of her father By You Magazine - November 1, 2018 Sheridan Smith has spoken candidly about reaching breaking point with her anxiety after the death of her father, Colin. The British actress and singer has opened up about the loss and the effect it had on her mental health in an upcoming one-off ITV documentary titled Sheridan Smith: Coming Home. Getty Images Reflecting on the tragic time, Sheridan said: ‘I kind of lost the plot after that and had a massive meltdown. I ran away. There’s that kind of northern, “Keep calm and carry on” vibe – we’re all like that. I feel I’ve come out the other side now.’ The former Gavin and Stacey star lost her father to cancer in December 2016. In the new documentary, which airs on ITV this Sunday 4 November, she returns to her hometown of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, for the first time since her father’s death. ‘To look at myself is terrifying. It’s scary and is something I guess I’ve run away from, for a long time,’ she admits. While Sheridan states that she has always suffered with anxiety, she explains how the loss of Colin ‘snowballed’ her battle. Getty Images ‘I’d been performing anyway leading up to that, and I’ve always had a bit of anxiety, and so I was a little bit nervous but the catalyst of it all was my dad,’ she recalls. ‘I want to say “It’s OK not to be OK” because I didn’t speak about it and then it snowballed and it came to this huge head.’ Sheridan’s grief meant the star was forced to cancel her appearance in the musical production Funny Girl, which she reveals she hated having to do, saying: ‘It was the worst thing, I hate it and I always think, “The show must go on” and I hate letting anyone down but I think the public understood in a way that you can’t choose when these things happen. ‘It was a gradual build up when my dad got diagnosed and I just couldn’t continue, I lost my mind, I completely did to the point where people were stopping me in the street and cuddling me because people understand that, it’s just life. ‘Unfortunately you can’t just take time off from a show, you get a lot of abuse so that’s what happened.’ Sheridan Smith: Coming Home will be on ITV on Sunday 4 November at 9.30pm. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved