Inside Helen Flanagan’s secret family fallouts & stress that led to shock psychosis as she admits ‘I lost all my money’
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HELEN Flanagan has revealed the secret hardships she faced before breakdown - as she celebrates the difference a year makes. The 34-year-old has told of the family fallouts, stress and financial woes she endured before falling ill with bad mental health.
![[Helen Flanagan pictured in Bali with her kids last New Year]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/www-instagram-com-p-devixhpx-961138293.jpg?strip=all&w=871)
Sharing snaps from the 2023 festive period, Helen admits "I basically lost all my money" as she opens up about her ordeal a year on from her shock psychosis. The former Coronation Street star wrote on Instagram: "Just a little look on what a difference a year can make. This time last year: Christmas, I spent it in bed.
![[She was reunited with her kids for Christmas 2024]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/www-instagram-com-p-devixhpx-961138301.jpg?strip=all&w=880)
"I went to my mum's for a few hours as my dad was calling me. "I said to Scott he could have the kids (I live really north and he lives really south) because I wanted to take the kids to Bali for ten days for New Year. "I knew I had to be fair. But it really hit me out of nowhere. I said to my friends before hand it’s just a day I’ll be fine. I had bad mental health.
![[She shared raw snaps of her struggle]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/www-instagram-com-p-devixhpx-961138291.jpg?strip=all&w=871)
"My love life was a s*** show that year…. I didn’t look after my my mental health. "I felt so s*** and sad. I felt like my whole life was f***ed up now. "Thirteen years is a long time to be with someone. My whole 20s. "I had a lot of family fall outs too and I also lost basically all my money. Me and Scott weren’t married we were engaged.
![[Helen ended this year feeling happy and healthy]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/helen-flanagan-stuns-gold-jumpsuit-960611380.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"My mental health was so bad I thought maybe my kids would be better off without me and maybe they would be better off with their dad as he’s more level headed than me. "I love my kids more than words can say but when you are not well you’re not well.
