Love Island star Uma Jammeh turns to hypnosis after 'struggling with anxiety'
Ex-Love Island star Uma Jammeh turned to hypnosis due to "struggling with anxiety", which has forced her to miss several modelling shoots, and she now feels "herself again".
Former Love Island star Uma Jammeh has turned to hypnosis after she missed out on several modelling jobs due to bouts of anxiety.
The 25-year-old reality TV star - who shot to fame on last year's 11th series of the ITV2 dating show - recently suffered her first-ever panic attack due to claustrophobia on a train journey.
As a result of her anxiety, she has since missed several modelling shoots, which left her "upset", so she has turned to hypnosis to help with her anxiety attacks.
She said in an Instagram video: "Recently I've been struggling with anxiety and it's sort of around being in a trapped space.
"I've always been claustrophobic, but it never was anxiety really until I got on a train one time and I had a panic attack. And it was really scary because it was the first panic attack that I ever had.
"Also it was really difficult because I was travelling to and from Manchester quite a lot for modelling.
"I had to miss so many shoots and sometimes had to get the coach all the way to Manchester just because I was having a panic attack.
"For me, modelling at that point was like so huge. It was like a dream of mine.
"So it was really quite upsetting to feel like I was sort of ruining my own opportunities. This is in no way me giving any medical advice to anyone, by the way.
"But recently I went to go see a hypnotherapist because I researched the methods and I felt like that would be the best for me.
"If anyone is feeling the same sort of way, then I recommend that you do your own research and find out what you think would be best for you."
Uma found hypnosis to be a huge help, admitting she has "felt herself again" since undergoing the therapeutic practice.
She added: "But it was just such a relief, because I felt like in recent times I haven't even been excited about the things that I know that I should be excited for.
"The only reason is because I feel like it's going to be ruined by me being anxious or having a panic attack. And it's really like the anxiety started to bleed out into like my normal life and normal things.
"Like in the night I would find myself feeling anxious and like couldn't go in the lift, which is obviously really bad because I have to get into the lift to get home.
"But after the second session, I just felt so relieved. It was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders and I literally felt like myself again.
"It was just like one of the best things I've ever done.
"Of course, it's not completely gone, and it's not a thing of like you go to hypnotherapist and then you're hypnotised and then you wake up and you're fine.
"It's going to be like a work in progress. But I am just really annoyed at myself for not speaking to anyone about it sooner and trying to suppress it for so long.
"So, if anyone is feeling similar, just to let you know, like you're not alone because I feel like I'm so alone in this. My hypnotherapist was like, 'You're absolutely not alone. This is very common.'
"If anyone is feeling that way, I would love to speak to you about it because I would love to speak to someone who is experiencing like similar issues. So feel free to message me if you are."
She wrote in the caption: "Posting this from the plane on a 10 hr flight and I'm SO PROUD :") it's honestly such a small thing but this has been something I have been struggling with for while now and has been taking over my life. It's such a relief to feel like myself again"
