Former Married At First Sight star Ines Basic reveals she was SUICIDAL while filming the show after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
She revealed last month that she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), claiming her anxiety was ‘110 per cent caused from Married At First Sight.’
And on Wednesday, former MAFS star Ines Basic spoke further about her struggles with mental health while filming the show.
The 30-year-old revealed she had suicidal thoughts and even told the producers of the Channel Nine show she wanted to ‘take her own life.’
Married At First Sight’s Ines Basic revealed this week that she was SUICIDAL on the show
Ines appeared on the controversial dating experiment last year, and ‘married’ Bronson Norrish.
‘During filming my mental health was deteriorating,’ Ines told Hit Mid North Coast’s Krysti & Bodge.
‘I was texting producers being like, “I’m not well, I want to be hospitalised”. I honestly was suicidal.
Struggles: ‘I was texting producers being like, “I’m not well, I want to be hospitalised,” Ines said
‘I remember texting my producer and saying, “I honestly want to take my own life”, which is so sad.’
Ines added that during filming she suffered bad bouts of psoriasis because she was so stressed.
Familiar face: Ines appeared on the controversial dating experiment last year and ‘married’ Bronson Norrish (right)
Last month, Ines revealed that she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
She was portrayed as one of the villains on last year’s season, which resulted in backlash as the show aired.
She told The Daily Telegraph: ‘I have experienced so much hatred, death threats, shame about migrating to Australia from another country, racism and more because of what MAFS chose to show of me.’
Backlash: Last month, Ines revealed that she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. She was portrayed as one of the villains on last year’s season, which resulted in plenty of backlash as the show aired
‘I wasn’t well during and after [the show], I think that was obvious, but it got even worse last July,’ she added.
‘That’s when it was the most brutal time for me and I was diagnosed with complex PTSD… It was 110 per cent caused from the show.’
Psychology Today describes PTSD as a mental health condition that can form in response to a traumatic event that happened recently or in the past.
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