Dancing on Ice star Connor Ball was once rushed to hospital with crippling panic attacks when his tour with McFly took a horror turn.
The Scottish musician shot to fame as the singer and bassist in The Vamps, and he’s been wowing fans with his ice skating skills on Dancing on Ice.
Sadly on Sunday’s show (February 21), he was sent to medics after he fell over during his performance and a skating “blade” ran into his leg.
However, he’s also battled a number of mental health issues over the years, including anxiety and depression, which negatively impact his social life.
Speaking to therapists Nik and Eva Speakman on ITV’s This Morning, he revealed he suffers with issues such as generalised anxiety disorder.
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Connor said: “I suffer with generalised anxiety order, panic attacks and depression as well.
“In the band it has affected me because I don’t go to as many things as I would like to or should do. I would like to be going out and seeing more people.”
His bandmate James added: “It is sad to think that some of the best times of my life were probably some of the worst times of Connor’s life.”
Connor was hit with horror panic attacks whilst him and his band were out on tour with McFly – and it ended in him having to be rushed to hospital.
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Connor said: “Even before we released Can We Dance we did a support gig with McFly, and I had to go into hospital because I was so anxious,” before adding: “I didn’t realise at the time that that’s what anxiety even was.”
Describing the frightening ordeal, Connor said: “I couldn’t breathe. It was overwhelming, but over the years I got used to it.”
When therapists Nik and Eva asked him about his childhood, Connor said he grew fearful of touring after an allergic reaction to monkey nuts when he was six.
Connor revealed: “It’s more abroad stuff I get more worried about. It makes sense, it’s good to hear it. Feels relief when he is back in the UK. Now that I’ve spoken about it to you two. I know what I need to speak about and it’s not as bad to speak about and understand.”
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He also spoke about suffering a scare in Greece when he was nine.
He went on: “I remember when we were on holiday and I had to swim under a big rock to get to a beach and I got stuck and I was like ‘I am not going to be able to breathe’.”
The therapist pair believed his fear of touring may have stemmed from these terrifying incidents.
Connor said: “It makes me feel a bit like relieved almost. It makes sense, it is just good to hear it.”
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He explained learning about the “triggers” for the anxiety attacks has helped him cope with the condition.
Connor said: “Going to a lot of different doctors, you never get to the root cause of it. But speaking to Nic and Eva was a massive relief. I didn’t think I would be able to do something like this. I only spent a day in total with them and it’s sort of gone.”
Nik said: “There is always a trigger at the back of it. If you find the trigger and go back to the beginning you can fix something.”
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