Meena Jutla star – Emmerdale actress Paige Sandhu – has opened up about her secret anxiety battle.
The actress, 25, has told how she struggled to cope as anxiety stopped her from sleeping properly.
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She told the Liverpool Echo: “When I left drama school I was a very anxious person. I wasn’t getting any jobs and I was struggling.
“The anxiety took the form of insomnia. Life was hard and a struggle.”
In order to cope with her anxiety, Paige turned to therapy to help – and found that tapping therapy made a difference.
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Also known as Emotional Freedom Technique, its user believe tapping on certain points of the body helps alleviate emotional distress.
Now Paige is happier and has become a strong advocate for looking after your own mental health.
She writes down her thoughts and fears now.
Emmerdale star Paige Sandhu reveals how she copes with anxiety
The actress also meditates as well as taking classes in Pilates and yoga.
She added: “Just syncing my breath with the movement of my body and getting away from my thoughts can be really useful.”
On-screen Paige will soon leave the soap after playing Meena for more than a year.
What happens in Emmerdale next week?
Next week Liam and Leyla will make a shock discovery that could mean the serial killer spends a long time locked up behind bars.
Meena has been keeping mementoes from her kills in a tin from her very first murder when she killed her best friend Nadine.
She buried the tin in the allotment for safe keeping just in case she was caught.
At the allotment, Liam is trying to take his mind off things by working over the soil.
He reveals to Cain that he intentionally pushed Meena off the bridge but is taken aback by Cain’s lack of reaction.
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Liam fears that Meena will get away but unbeknownst to him and Cain, in turning over the soil, they’ve unearthed the trinket box.
Later when Leyla arrives she spots the trinket box half buried in the soil.
Neither she nor Liam understand its vital importance but will they work it out when they manage to jimmy it open?
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