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Caroline Flack: her life and death

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Rollergirl11 · 17/03/2021 20:35

Starting a thread in readiness for 9pm.

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thecatmother · 22/03/2021 23:55

Unfortunately I do have a family member with serious MH illness. That's why I am aware of insisting on them getting help, and ,no, in that particular moment you are not going to be their favourite person. But they are important to us and when they start slipping into unhealthy behaviours we do get involved as a family. It is our duty of care. We all share that responsibility.

Namechange1991x · 23/03/2021 05:28

I have had experience of having severe mental health issues and also experience of a family member. My sister had anorexia, OCD and anxiety. We sought her help ourselves when she was 5 stone as she did not realise she was unwell, it was our duty to do that.
I suffered PND and suicidal thoughts and decisions were made for me, such as being offered crisis team or mental health assessment.
We don't know what illness Caroline had, but the fact she was not coping and self harming should have warranted concern and support.

RevolvingPivot · 23/03/2021 13:55

I think her manager / agent should have suggested she took a break from being in the limelight but who knows that rejection could have pushed her over the edge too.

Viviennemary · 23/03/2021 14:01

I'd never heard of her before. But it sounded a serious assault so charges had to be brought. It is hard for her family left behind.

userxx · 23/03/2021 14:24

It is hard for her family left behind.

Do you think ? Devastating more like.

greycloudysky · 23/03/2021 14:28

The family gave hints about her mental health. Her sister said that she didn't realise how Caroline felt things so much deeply than her. Her mum talked about how she was constantly up and down mood wise. One minute crying and inconsolable and the next, jumping about, gloriously happy. She'd been like that from a very young age. The footage shown, when her mum was talking about that, was about 7.

She couldn't deal with abandonment, she self harmed by cutting her wrists and had made several suicide attempts. When she was first hospitalised for a suicide attempt, she saw doctors, her mum talked about that. There must have been a psych evaluation at some point. I believe the family gave as much help and support as they could. Her mother did talk about her seeing Drs.

I got the feeling that she didn't have much in her life apart from work and once that was gone, plus the extreme negative press attention, led to her suicide. Like they all said, it was just a matter of time and you felt as though there was an awful amount of information missing from those accounts.

The misogynistic attention she received was absolutely dreadful. People really went for her didn't they. Olly Murs was saying that he didn't receive the same level of vitriol in social media. I have never watched anything with her in it, so had no idea who she was. What struck me was how empty her life was.

I have no idea if she was self medicating through drugs and alcohol but it wouldn't surprise me, given what she was going through and her sensitivity to outside validation. She had a series of unstable relationships. They said absolutely nothing about her temper, which was interesting. None of them said that they were surprised at the DV charge either or that it was out of character.

I think the documentary was more interesting for what it left out.

Teenageromance · 25/03/2021 05:18

Her twin sister’s reactions seemed slightly odd - she seemed to be smiling at times when talking about quite dark things. At the end when they are looking through old pictures her mum is breaking down and the sister is showing no emotion or reaching out to comfort her mum. I imagine it was quite a complex relationships.

lollipoprainbow · 25/03/2021 08:21

@Teenageromance yes I thought the same, If my mum was breaking down I'd have to hug her or at least touch her arm.

userxx · 25/03/2021 08:42

[quote lollipoprainbow]@Teenageromance yes I thought the same, If my mum was breaking down I'd have to hug her or at least touch her arm. [/quote]

I don't think it was odd, I think she felt massively uncomfortable talking about it to be honest, she comes across as a very private person and she was out of her comfort zone. Id have been exactly the same.

beautyisthefaceisee · 03/07/2022 22:49

Sorry to resurrect. I've just watched it.

What struck me most was the strength of the sister throughout. Not one tear, a constant sad smile. that woman will never recover.

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