Bride issues stark warning to people planning weddings after organising her dream day led her to psychosis and hallucinations that saw her starve herself and shrink down to six stone

A mother-of-two has opened up about being driven to 'psychosis' by the stress of planning her wedding. Megan Finn, 27, from Belfast, was juggling childcare, the upkeep of her nail salon and planning a wedding during the period between March 2020 to July 2022.

But the stress of trying to spread herself across multiple pursuits left Megan struggling to cope, with the mother revealing she became so stressed that her brain 'had enough' and she went into psychosis. The nail technician has since recovered from the terrifying period of mental anguish and has come out to warn others of glamourising the 'fairytale wedding' and being a woman 'who has it all'.

During the period of intense distress, Megan became so unwell that she dropped over half her body weight, falling from 13st to 6st 7lb in just a time frame. She also stopped sleeping and even began to hallucinate hearing other people's voices in her house.

It was during her rescheduled honeymoon on July 13, 2022, that the nail technician first began to notice she was experiencing symptoms of psychosis. She began to have hallucinations about her husband, production operative Jordan, 30, falling off their balcony, with Megan insisting her brain had simply 'had enough'.

A mother-of-two has opened up about being driven to 'psychosis' by the stress of planning her wedding (Megan Finn and her husband, Jordan pictured). Megan Finn, 27, from Belfast, was juggling childcare, the upkeep of her nail salon and planning a wedding during the period between March 2020 to July 2022.

On returning home to Belfast, Megan was sectioned by two police officers, and she spent nearly 10 weeks in the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre in Belfast. Although she said she is now stable, she warned against glamourisng the 'fairytale wedding'.

'The reason I ended up the way I was, was because I was so stressed - being the woman who owns the business, looks after the kids and has the fairytale wedding is so glamourised,' she said. 'Preparing for our wedding was pretty plain sailing at first - but when lockdown hit, there was so much we had to rearrange.

'On top of that, my husband was an essential worker - so I had to look after and homeschool two kids under 10.'. On top of having to then take care of her children full-time, Megan's business was straining to stay afloat due to the the lockdown. 'My business was struggling as we weren't getting grants, and he was the only person bringing any money in,' she explained.

'To be honest, the moment we went on our honeymoon and my brain had time to relax - I think it had just had enough, it didn't know what to do.'. During the period of intense distress, Megan became so unwell that she dropped over half her body weight, falling from 13st to 6st 7lb in just a time frame.

The nail technician has since recovered from the terrifying period of mental anguish and has come out to warn others of glamourising the 'fairytale wedding' and being a woman 'who has it all'. It was during her rescheduled honeymoon on July 13, 2022, that the nail technician first began to notice she was experiencing symptoms of psychosis.

She began to have hallucinations about her husband, production operative Jordan, 30, falling off their balcony, with Megan insisting her brain had simply 'had enough'. In March 2020, Megan and Jordan had been engaged for two years, and were looking forward to their wedding day on June 10, the same year.

But when lockdown hit, the couple were told by their venue they would likely have to push their celebration back indefinitely. Megan had to postpone her photographer, band, DJ, and store her own wedding dress at home - because she feared the shop would go out of business before her big day.

'We had to change everything on our marriage license,' she said. 'As well as rearranging the hair stylist, the makeup artist and the entertainment - I had to take my wedding dress home because I was worried it would be lost forever.'. When she was finally able to open her salon for business, Megan began working 12 hour days without breaks - as well as trying to fit in homeschooling her children on her days off.

In the space of two years, she lost six-and-a-half stone, dropping four dress sizes - which friends and family put down to wedding nerves. But by June 2022, it became clear that something more 'sinister', with Megan having stopped sleeping and started to see things that weren't really there.

On returning home to Belfast , Megan was sectioned by two police officers, and she spent nearly 10 weeks in the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre in Belfast (pictured with her husband, Finn). Although she said she is now stable, she warned against glamourisng the 'fairytale wedding'.

When she was finally able to open her salon for business, Megan began working 12 hour days without breaks - as well as trying to fit in homeschooling her children on her days off. Megan pictured recently. Reflecting on the terrifying time, she said: 'On the way from Dublin Airport to Belfast, I remember thinking my sister was an MI5 agent - and out to get me'.