ITV News anchor Tom Bradby says he became a ‘poster boy for having a breakdown’ after his public battle with mental health challenges
ITV News anchor Tom Bradby said he became ‘a bit of a poster boy for having a breakdown’ after his public battle with mental health challenges.
The journalist and newsreader, 55, was signed off work for three months in 2018 after developing insomnia and what he describes as an addiction to the sleeping pill zopiclone.
Bradby, who has worked for ITV News producer ITN for 30 years, told how his wife Claudia had warned him he was close to a ‘very dangerous cliff-edge’ and urged him to see a psychiatrist.
Journalist and newsreader Tom Bradby, 55, was signed off work for three months in 2018 after developing insomnia and what he describes as an addiction to the sleeping pill zopiclone
At his lowest he believed he would lose his family and job.
Speaking to former Downing Street director of communications Craig Oliver, for his podcast Desperately Seeking Wisdom, Bradby said: ‘One of the really nice things about [being open] is people feel able to come and talk to me about when they’re not feeling well.
‘And it just makes you realise, God, how many people out there are suffering and need help? ‘
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