Gemma Collins self harm and me

[Gonnagetgoing]

Anyone watching?

I don't believe anything she says normally as she's an obvious ego maniac and narcissist,desperate for fame but has no talent.
I hope in this case though she's not lying as it would be sick as so many people go through this.I did in my teens.

Just watching it now.

I really loathe the therapist, I feel very strongly about her or any other therapist using their profession for fame. Nit sure why I'm watching it, what a hypocrite This is actually the second programme GC has made with her, I remember one from a couple of years ago.

** not sure

She's 41, if she wants a baby she needs to crack on now!

Oh dear, the conversation with her mum

They didn't touch on the horrific miscarriage Gemma had ,iirc the mother basically cleaned her up and they didn't speak of it again. She was very young at the time, had to go straight back to work the next day.

I think the best thing she could do would be to have a bit of physical distance between her and her mum, let the dust settle and see things for what they are- everyone making sure mum is happy at the determent of other people.

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

Just watching it now.

I really loathe the therapist, I feel very strongly about her or any other therapist using their profession for fame. Nit sure why I'm watching it, what a hypocrite This is actually the second programme GC has made with her, I remember one from a couple of years ago.

Is it the same therapist as Gemma used before on TV?

There was one (haven't seen it) where the therapist was rolling her eyes at what Gemma said. I agree with you, this therapist doesn't seem good and she does seem to want to promote herself which is never good from a therapy point of view.

See, I am just a bit shocked at how easily Gemma sees to brush things under the carpet and put a brave face on it whereas most of us (well me anyway) would see a therapist. Especially re the horrific miscarriage and also the cutting episode in her 30s. I've also seen pics/videos of Gemma looking very upset in her 30s and you'd think she'd be depressed and seek therapy especially as she's into crystals, healing etc and she also has PCOS.

But I am fully aware that some people do not want therapy, find it hard to admit they've had issues etc so in that case Gemma speaking about this and finally admitting this is good.

Her mum has a lot to answer for but I think she herself has lots of issues due to being adopted (abandonment) etc and has just put a brave face on them.

Gemma actually is a talented dancer though as a child/teenager and seemed quite nice from some of the footage.

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

She's 41, if she wants a baby she needs to crack on now!

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor - agreed especially if she has an underactive thyroid, PCOS and her weight gain issues. If I were her I'd be looking into IVF asap.

I get this horrible gut feeling that Rami is using her (not the only one thinking this) for fame and that Gemma will get let down by him and then will have missed out on her chance for a baby.

@MintyGreenDream

I don't believe anything she says normally as she's an obvious ego maniac and narcissist,desperate for fame but has no talent. I hope in this case though she's not lying as it would be sick as so many people go through this.I did in my teens.

@MintyGreenDream - Gemma is at heart a saleswoman and not bad at that - but she promotes and sells anything and I mean anything. I wouldn't do that if I were her. Would restrict what I sold and no lies - especially re weightloss!

She can actually sing (it was on a show last year) not an amazing voice but quite good. From when she was a teenager and child she could dance and had talent presumably up to late teens/early 20s but what do you do when that talent runs out or you don't capitalise on it and learn to act or use it as an adult?

Not sure she's a narcissist but she is an ego maniac. Have bumped into her in a couple of Essex bars/venues - she can look rude (bumped into me, no sorry at all!) but she can equally look like just a normal person having fun but being very loud and a bit Towie Essex loud.

I don't doubt she was bullied at school but I've heard on here and also through a friend of friend who knew her that she could also be a bully. But that was only 2nd/3rd hard gossip.

I’ve just watched it.

Absolutely not at all keen on the therapist. Not one bit.

There are many reasons for shame. There are many reasons for feeling worthless. We all want to be loved. Cherished. Thought well of. Have someone be proud of you. Not all families are demonstrative. In our corner of the world it isn’t done. Emotions weren’t encouraged.

Sometimes we fill our faces to hide from the world. I know I have.

Sometimes folk get loud and gobby to hide insecurities. Sometimes comfort is found looking at the world from the shadows. I’ve done both. Nowadays I prefer the latter in the real world.

Life can be hard for so many reasons and we carry it and glory on through the day.

And regardless of scars on the outside, there are many many more hidden on the inside.

I think she has been brave to say it. Good for her.

I'm a bit envious of her lovely seating area in her garden

I hope it does work out with her bloke. She seemed much more authentic on this programme ,loved the dawning realisation of ' keep tapdancing!'

Yes same therapist as a few years ago. That was much more about how the parents treated her as a little girl and didn't allow her to grow as an adult. I imagine moving out helped with that.

I know who Gemma Collins is but not much about her and found it quite heartbreaking when her mum just laughed at her, was absorbed in old videos of her as a kid, said they were aware of the cutting but assumed she must have been copying something from the TV. Worst was the bit about 'this is in the past, it's gone'. Well no, it's still affecting your daughter and she wants to talk about it.

The mum seemed to have her own unresolved issues but it was so sad to see Gemma being shut down like that.

@Bluedelphinium - I get what you and others are saying but then Gemma Collins (a Towie celeb so famous for being famous) totally undoes all her hard work re self harming which I almost bought by being very self indulgent and me me me re storm damage to her house!

I don’t doubt a few of her issues come from her mum being dismissive of her bit if you watched the programme you’d see Gemma dismisses therapy and yet in newspaper articles then says how much it’s helped her! So sadly I don’t believe much of what she says and think it’s a PR stunt. Good she’s raised awareness of self harm and support groups though.

I haven't watched it OP. I do like Gemma though I think she would make a fab mum she is great with her brothers kids when I have watched her with them on her other shows. She has to put a front on she's in the lime light after all...

She seems like a good person I know she comes across as OTT but I think it's put on more for the show.

@Gonnagetgoing

'I've had periods of being sexually reckless and recreational drug abuse but I wouldn't call it self harm'

I see what you mean as everyone's different but I meant in a more general way that some people engage in those activities to purposely cause hurt to themselves

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