Katie Price speaks out on surviving shock suicide attempt

‘I’m thankful I survived and realised I have a life’: Katie Price reflects on her suicide attempt and insists she’s looking to the future with positivity as she praises her loved ones for support

Katie Price shared some emotional words with her fans as expressed her gratitude at surviving a shock suicide attempt.

The former glamorous model, 44, said she had been ‘near death’ after previously attempting to take her own life.

But the reality star insisted she is now in a much better place after seeking help from mental health professionals and with the support of her family. 

Taking to her Instagram Stories on Friday, she wrote: ‘I’m just sticking to being strong and sticking to therapists’ advice, and focusing on the future knowing I’ve been near death in causing my own suicide actions that thankfully I survived and realised I have a future and life.

‘I can only thank the #priory #myconsultandtherapist Alan, family, close friends and children.’

Honest: Katie Price, 44, shared some emotional words with her fans as expressed her gratitude at surviving a shock suicide attempt

Staying close: Kate, who is mother to (L-R) Bunny eight, Princess, 15, Jett, nine, and Junior, 17, as well as son Harvey, 20 (not pictured), thanked her loved ones for their support

Looking forward: The reality star insisted she is now in a much better place after seeking help from mental health professionals and with the support of her family

Katie – who is mother to Harvey, 20, Junior, 17, Princess, 15, Jett, nine, and Bunny eight – previously admitted she tried to end her life as she candidly discussed her mental health struggles, saying: ‘I hit rock bottom’.

Speaking on Mark Dolan Tonight on GB News in January, Katie said she was having therapy once a week and how, at her lowest point, she tried to take her own life.

But the mother-of-five said her darkest days are behind her – and that she was on her way back.

She said: ‘What I want from the future is to definitely make a comeback and prove to people I can, because I’ve been there, and I’ve told my story.

‘Literally, I hit rock bottom. It was that bad that I tried to commit suicide, but I’ve come up from that. You can get out of that rut. If I can do it, you can do it.’

The reality star previously admitted she was suicidal around the time of her arrest for drink driving.

Katie admitted she ‘let herself down’ when was arrested for drink-driving after reaching a dark place in her mental health.

Happy place: Katie, pictured here with son Harvey, said her loved ones have been there for her through her difficult times

Candid: Katie previously admitted she tried to end her life as she candidly discussed her mental health struggles, saying: ‘I hit rock bottom’

In September 2021, Katie was arrested for drink-driving after flipping her uninsured BMW X5 on its side on a country lane near her home in West Sussex.

The star admitted drink-driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance at court, and immediately checked into The Priory following the arrest.

She was handed a 16-week suspended sentence and two-year ban at Crawley Magistrates’ Court.

Offering advice to others, Katie said: ‘Remember, nothing is that bad. It’s just when you’re in that bad place your mind ruminates and you think you can’t get out of that rut, but you can do it. If I can do it, you can do it.’

She went on: ‘But do you know what the best thing I do now is? I have therapy every week. I wish I’d had it years ago.

‘I know what my triggers are now, like on Instagram and stuff you’ll notice I don’t really attack anyone or do anything anymore because where’s it going to get me? It doesn’t get you anywhere.

‘So, now, even if I receive a text from someone and I want to go on and have a go, I’ll think about it, and then I just don’t bother. And it has helped a lot, yeah.’

She added: ‘I’ve had a lot of trauma. Ex-husbands have been traumatic, I broke my feet, my mum is ill, there’s just quite a lot of things.

‘I’ve had kidnap threats, ransom demands, it has just all happened. My therapist actually said to me he’s never met someone who’s had so much actual real trauma-events happen in their life as me.

‘Sometimes one person might have one bit of trauma and they’re affected, I’ve had loads.’

Revealing how she nearly died after breaking her feet in a fall whilst on holiday larking around with her kids, Katie said: ‘I was on holiday with the children while I was getting my teeth done. 

Crash: In September 2021, Katie was arrested for drink-driving after flipping her uninsured BMW X5 on its side on a country lane near her home in West Sussex

‘I just jumped over a bush in the dark and I fell 20 feet and dropped into an underground carpark. And well I’m lucky to be alive actually.’

But Katie told Mark she was a survivor and believes all the things she has got to do over the years are ‘quite amazing’.

She said: ‘I’m still here and I don’t know why I’m still here. Look I’ve definitely had my ups and definitely had my downs, but I am a survivor.’ 

For support, call the Samaritans on 116 123 or email [email protected] 

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