Rylan Clark lived in 'hell' following two psychiatric ward stints after marriage ended
04.10.2022 - 01:01
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Rylan Clark has bravely opened up about the time he spent in a psychiatric ward after he attempted to take his own life following his marriage to husband, Dan Neal ending.
The TV personality was admitted to the psychiatric facility last year after his six-year marriage to Dan broke down when Rylan confessed he had cheated on his husband 'years before' they tied the knot, writes The Mirror.
The 33-year-old reveals in his new book, namely, The Decade That Changed My Future, he woke up one day and felt he needed to tell his boyfriend he cheated on him years ago but was left shocked and devastated when their marriage ended after his confession.
Following the shock split, Rylan said he 'didn't want to wake up anymore' and after attempting to take his own life, Rylan sought help in the psychiatric ward where he was placed into a room with walls that had 'no sharp edges'.
"I went through this period where I was annoyed that I’d wake up. All I could think about was, ‘How am I going to do this? How can I get out?’ It was sick," Rylan told the Sunday Times.
"It feels like a different person, now, that I’m talking about. I did not know who I was for that five months. But, yeah, I did try to end his life - unsuccessfully, luckily. I suppose it’s the easy way out, but I just could not see another way. I genuinely felt like the world was against me."
It was Rylan's suicide attempt at the age of 32 - which he is now thankful was not successful – that finally prompted him to get professional help. Rylan says in his new book that he knew when he started experiencing suicidal thoughts that it was time to get help.
"I sat Mum down and told her I needed to be locked up," Rylan penned. "I said, ‘I can’t do it any more.’ I could see in her eyes