Nicky Campbell's struggle with depression left him crying in the street.
Nicky Campbell
The 'Long Lost Family' star - who was previously diagnosed with clinical depression and bipolar - admits he struggled with his mental health in the past, and recalled one day in 2013 where he found himself sobbing outside Euston station.
Speaking about his wife, Nicky said: "She’s my saviour, she’d seen it coming and had realised it had come to a head ... she put up with me chasing people over the common and photographing them for dropping litter. I used to go out with a phone to photograph people, like I was going hunting. I just thought it was a kind of desecration and selfishness, people making the world a worse place for others."
And the 59-year-old television and radio presenter admits he "completely internalised" his sadness about animal cruelty and the state of the world and he "imploded".
Speaking to the Daily Mirror newspaper about a particular trigger he experienced, he added: "I'd sit in front of the internet for hours and hours and hours, my heart broke, and I sank and I sank and I sank. Tina used to see me at my computer weeping and always urged me to come downstairs.
"I know lots of people who share my passions, who work professionally for wildlife charities, for example, but they have a remove. They can stand back and think, ‘That’s awful, that is terrible, and I’m going to do something about it’. I saw it and I thought, ‘That is awful, that is terrible,’ and I completely internalised it so I couldn’t do anything about it. I just turned it on myself and I imploded."
But Nicky - who has discussed his bipolar diagnosis in his new book, 'One of the Family - Why A Dog Called Maxwell Changed My Life' - admitted he is feeling "great" now and it has been "fantastic" getting a diagnosis.
Asked on 'Lorraine' how he is now, he said: "I’m great.
"Getting a diagnosis and knowing what was wrong all your life has just been fantastic.
"My friends have been amazing. If this resonates with people it’s all kind of worth it."
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