Danny Miller struggled with depression and anxiety on the set of Emmerdale.
The ITV soap star - who left last year and went on to win I'm A Celebrity - has admitted there were times during his stint on the show where he thought it would be "easier" if he wasn't around, as he struggled with his anxiety and depression.
Danny played Aaron Dingle for several years on the show and he admits there were times during his career where he really struggled to cope with the pressure of filming and had panic attacks whilst he was working, forcing bosses to pause filming.
He said: "I'm not gonna sit here and lie and say, 'I wanted to kill myself', but I certainly thought it would be easier if I wasn't here.
"I didn't have anything to lose and I thought it would just be easier if I wasn't here… so if I take myself out of the situation. That was the deepest and darkest it went. I never thought about it. I couldn't."
Danny recalled having terrifying panic attacks during filming for the show, where he forced bosses to stop the scenes so he could recompose himself before continuing on with his role.
'Suddenly I start sweating, I start almost passing out," he remember, "I had it loads in Emmerdale when I've got a big scene and I've gone, 'Oh my God, I'm gonna pass out.' 'They go, 'Stand by', and my brain's going, 'You're gonna f*** this up, you're gonna f*** this up'. I'm sweating and I go, 'Sorry, you'll have to cut there, I'm sweating."
He also explained how he never initially realised he was struggling with anxiety and thought something else was causing his feelings of wanting to pass out when he filmed scenes on the show.
Speaking to the Thomas brothers on the Mancs On The Mic podcast, he added: "I used to think it was an overactive thyroid. That's what I got checked for. But it was anxiety. I just didn't know how to deal with it."
Danny exited the show last year ahead of his stint on I'm A Celebrity. He explained at the time that he had left the show to go on the castle programme in a bid to set his family up for life financially.
*If you are struggling with mental health, you can speak to a trained advisor from Mind mental health charity on 0300 123 3393 or email info@mind.org.uk
