Hollyoaks star Isabelle Smith offers hug to younger self as she breaks silence on anxiety battle

Hollyoaks prima Isabelle Smith has opened up astir her conflict with anxiety.

The Frankie Osborne histrion opened up her Instagram messages for a Q&A with fans, and was speedy to reply to a question astir what proposal she would springiness to her younger self.

‘I would accidental to her not to interest truthful much!’ The 23 twelvemonth aged wrote.

‘I suffered with truly unspeakable anxiousness (and inactive do) and spent astir of my teenage years worrying astir things that I had nary power over.

‘I’d archer her to support going due to the fact that it volition each beryllium worthy it successful the extremity and astir apt springiness her a hug.’

Isabelle joined the formed of Hollyoaks arsenic Frankie earlier this year, and was launched consecutive into a hard-hitting storyline tackling the taxable of sibling intersexual abuse.

The storyline has had a immense interaction connected fans, which Isabelle reflected connected erstwhile she spoke to Metro astatine the Inside Soap Awards.

‘I deliberation the absorption has been everything we could’ve hoped for and more,’ she told us. ‘Hannah Cheers and the squad person done an perfectly unthinkable occupation with this storyline.

‘It’s not implicit yet – we’re inactive going – and I deliberation it’s been astonishing for america to beryllium capable to bring specified a taboo taxable that’s not truly spoken astir wide successful the media to the forefront of people’s lives.

‘It’s gone viral connected TikTok, it’s each implicit Instagram and Facebook. Everybody astatine my Nana’s gym is talking astir it.

‘I deliberation it’s truly bully that we’re supporting survivors of sibling intersexual abuse.

‘I besides conscionable privation to accidental that Ryan [Mulvey, who plays JJ Osborne] has besides done an unthinkable occupation with it and we couldn’t person done this storyline without him. He’s been precise brave.’

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