Yazmin Oukhellou has admitted that she has sleeping issues following the horror car crash earlier this month, which killed her boyfriend, Jake McLean.
The TOWIE star, 28, suffered serious injuries to her arm in the crash when their Mercedes car plunged off a cliff in Turkey in the early hours Sunday July 3, leaving boyfriend Jake dead.
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The star is now back in Essex recovering from the incident but said she has been struggling to sleep alone since the accident and that her mother Lisa stays in her bed every night.
Speaking to The Sun, an emotional Yazmin said: “I have nightmares every single night since the accident.
“I have not stopped waking up in the night about it. Mum stays in bed with me every night.”
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The revelation comes after Yazmin told the publication that she would be forced to live with the trauma of the accident forever.
A heartbroken Yazmin told how she struggled to comprehend how she survived the crash and Jake didn’t, with doctors telling her that she’s an “angel” as people do not tend to survive the crash location.
She confessed: “I severed an artery and a nerve. That’s why I bled so much.
“Now I’m just wondering how the hell did my partner die while I’ve survived? It’s made me look at life totally differently.”
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Speaking of her potentially life-altering injury, she added: “I could have been like Jake and not survived, so I’m just very grateful and lucky that if that’s the worst-case scenario, I will deal with it as best I can.
“The scarring that I have is awful, so I will always have that as a reminder. But at least I’m still alive.”
She said she nodded off on the drive up to a friend’s Villa after enjoying a ‘perfect’ dinner with pals but woke as their car veered off a cliff.
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Yazmin, who has returned to the UK, is taking a break from social media and focusing on her recovery and grief.
She continued: “I’m staying away from social settings, I’ve stopped logging into social media, and I’ve changed my mobile number.
“For now, I just need to focus on getting well again and dealing with what has happened.”
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
