Louise Thompson shares snaps from her first dinner out in seven months as she celebrates her mother’s 60th with brother Sam amid battle with PTSD
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Louise Thompson celebrated a new milestone on Saturday as she revealed she had been out for dinner for the first time in seven months during her battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The former Made In Chelsea star, who has been candid about her ongoing battle PTSD and depression following the traumatic birth of her son Leo-Hunter in December, took to Instagram to share with fans the latest step in her recovery.
Louise, 32, who shares the four-month old with fiancé Ryan Libbey, shared snaps with her brother Sam, 29, and their mother Karen as they enjoyed a night out in celebration of their mum’s 60th birthday.
Wow: Louise Thompson,32, looked stylish in a chic gypsy style dress as she enjoyed her first night out in nearly seven months at Somerset House in London following her battle with PTSD (pictured with brother Sam and mother Karen)
Looking stylish in a chic printed dress, Louise enjoyed her first night out in nearly seven months at the swanky Spring Restaurant at Somerset House in London.
The fitness guru, who previously admitted she couldn’t leave the house due to her struggles, looked happy and healthy in the striking summer dress, embellished with a scarlet floral print.
The tiered frock sported a flowing skirt and a nipped waist, which the brunette beauty accessorised with a quilted Chanel bag.
The reality star let her dark locks fall in a relaxed curl as she opted for simple make-up and a chic rose lip.
Gorgeous: Louise looked happier than ever as she turned heads in the striking summer dress, which was embellished with a scarlet floral print
Louise posed alongside her relatives in the restaurant’s grand entry before taking a cheeky bathroom selfie.
The Jump contestant flashed her chic silver hooped earrings for the camera as well as her freshly painted nails.
In another photo the Chelsea star shared a glimpse of her eye-catching heels with love heart detail.
Mummy dearest: Her mother Karen looked looked equally ravishing in a pistachio floral dress with wrap detail and puff sleeves
LOVE: In another photo the Chelsea star shared a glimpse of her eye-catching heels with love heart detail
Her mother Karen looked looked equally ravishing in a pistachio floral dress with wrap detail and puff sleeves.
The birthday girl let her bob fall in a relaxed style as she accessorised her look with statement necklace.
Sam looked smart in a slate polo necked sweater and black chinos, his blond hair slicked back.
Honest and open: Louise took to Instagram to share the snaps from her mums swanky birthday meal
Captioning the sweet shots Louise wrote: ‘ A couple of major milestones: I went out for dinner for the first time in nearly 7 months, woooooo… and (my mum will kill me for this one) My mum celebrated her 60th’.
‘Feeling like such a big brave dog. Admittedly my conversation stopped at 9pm on the dot, but it felt so good to spoil her and to see her smile!’
Fans and famous friends rushed to congratulate the star on her big step with former co-star Ollie Locke writing: ‘Love you both x’
Comments: Fans and famous friends rushed to congratulate the star on her big achievement
While a fan commented: ‘Your amazing well done you look beautiful xx’
And a third added: ‘So pleased for you Louise…you look so happy ! gorgeous family’.
This first evening out comes after Louise revealed that with the severity of her condition made ‘mindfulness’ and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) obsolete and instead had been prescribed ‘mind altering drugs’ to help in her recovery.
Brave: In a revealing post last month she wrote: ‘Severe anxiety and depression are not things you can just fix using ‘mindfulness’ or cbt… sometimes you need mind altering drugs to pluck you out of a really deep hole’
In a revealing post last month she wrote: ‘Severe anxiety and depression are not things you can just fix using ‘mindfulness’ or cbt… sometimes you need mind altering drugs to pluck you out of a really deep hole’.
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‘For a while i felt so rubbish that the highlight of my day was feeling pain or needing the loo because they were the only things that brought me back to reality. I bet that’s hard to imagine. I could never have imagined suffering like this myself”.
‘I was one of those people that read about PTSD and didn’t understand how people couldn’t just be ‘over’ something after it had happened. How could survivors not be grateful to have survived? Why couldn’t they just move on with their lives?’
Cute! Louise and Ryan welcomed Leo at the end of 2021, following a traumatic birth with serious complications
‘When I was having one of my worst ‘terrors’ I whaled at Ryan and my mum asking them why I couldn’t have just died on the operating table because that would have been easier. Anything felt easier than this’.
‘There was one point where I wanted to be admitted to A&E so that people could witness the pain I was in and inject me with something to put an end to it or at least put me to sleep. I wanted to be monitored.’
‘I was very close to admitting myself to the nearest mother and baby unit, but that scared the shit out of me because at that point I couldn’t even look at Leo or anyone except my immediate family, let alone look after myself’.
Happy families: the star has revealed that her illness was so sever she ‘wanted to die’ (pictured with fiancé Ryan Libbey)
‘Being alive honestly felt like torture. Over the past few months I longed for a physical injury because then at least there might be a tangible treatment for it… I might be able to ‘see’ progress or my body getting better. There would be tests for it…Scans, blood tests etc. SOMETHING that people could see’.
The reality star ended the post by revealing how much the treatment has helped, by admitted that it wasn’t all plain sailing.
‘Anyway, I don’t want this to be another super depressing post. The good news is that I’m making progress and i’m nowhere near where I was. I wanted to give up on a few occasions but I stuck with it. You should too. In fact I beg you to keep going’.
‘I needed help from modern medicine and I am SO grateful that I took it. (My brain was so scared of medication and resisted it in a BIG WAY), but I kept going. I actually had to have people check on me to make sure I was taking the medication and the crisis team spoke to get Ryan to insist that he witness me take it. It turns’.
If you have been affected by anything in this story please contact Birth Trauma Association at birthtraumaassociation.org.uk
For help and support with perinatal mental illness please contact PANDAS on 0808 1961 776
Tough: The Mother ended up in intensive care following the traumatic birth of her son in December
Source: Daily Mail
