Reborn by Katie Price

Author:Katie Price [Price, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography, Autobiography, Non-Fiction, Personal Memoirs
ISBN: 9781780893464
Google: r5NcrgEACAAJ
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2016-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

There were so many questions and still so few answers.

CHAPTER 11

ADDICTION, WHAT ADDICTION?

I’ve never been one of these celebrities who wants to spend their life banging on about how long they’ve been in therapy. I’ve always counted myself a strong person. Rightly or wrongly, I’ve prided myself on the fact that I’ve never sought treatment for drug or alcohol addiction and never, ever set foot in a rehab clinic. Without my family to keep me grounded I’m absolutely sure I would have done, though.

However, I can’t deny that talking to a professional has been brilliant at times. Like so many people, when I first sought therapy I thought I was being weak. Now, I realise it’s helped me overcome some massive hurdles in my life.

When I suffered post-natal depression after Junior’s birth I had no idea what was happening to me. But talking to someone who understood not only lifted me out of that depression but helped me to discover that I wasn’t alone. Many women go through the same feelings after childbirth, yet there’s still so much shame attached to saying ‘I need help’.

Likewise, after Pete and I split, I found that discussing my pain and insecurities helped me refocus my life and move on. Although I had accepted that the marriage was over from early on, I still felt completely devastated. I had three children to take care of and I had to be strong for them. They’d already lost the stability of having a mum and a dad together full-time so the last thing they needed was a parent who was unable to give them the love they needed. With the right help, I started to see the bigger picture and I was able to concentrate my energy on them, not just myself.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that therapy is some kind of magic bullet because you’ve got to put in a lot of work yourself. And I’ve only sought help when I’ve really needed it because I’m also a firm believer that whatever life throws at you, time is a great healer. But, in my experience, therapy has been a valuable tool in my armoury – albeit a staggeringly expensive one!

When Kieran and I came back from Cape Verde I didn’t just want to see my therapist, I needed to see her. And I needed to take Kieran with me. Trust me, had I not been able to express my hurt and confusion in a calm environment, Kieran would have had many more Pricey-inflicted injuries to nurse. So far only his car windscreen had taken the brunt of my anger – although I’d even managed to mess that up!

Talking through my anguish was hard, but it was something I had to do. I’d trusted Kieran. We were married. We had a son together and I’d found out he’d been cheating on me with my best friend. I’m not exaggerating when I say that my heart was shattered into thousands of pieces. What I couldn’t understand was how both he and Jane could hate me so much that they wanted to hurt me that badly.

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