Gemma Collins reveals she has PTSD after almost losing her £1.3million Essex home and lifesavings

Gemma Collins has revealed she has post-traumatic stress disorder after a terrifying experience two years ago. 

The Former The Only Way is Essex star, 41, revealed in an Instagram Live that she almost lost her ‘life savings’ and was buying her dream £1.3million Essex home when the bank froze all her accounts. 

Gemma said she was ‘traumatised’ from the experience, which happened while her father Alan was in hospital battling Covid-19 and close to ‘dying’.

‘I was traumatised’: Gemma Collins revealed she has PTSD after almost losing her £1.3million Essex home and lifesavings while her father was in hospital battling Covid-19

Gemma went on an Instagram Live with a friend named Andie who had a similar experience with frozen accounts. 

‘This happened to me two years ago. The shock, the embarrassment, I couldn’t sleep, I felt sick, I felt like I was dodgy, like ”am I a criminal?” Gemma said. 

‘You know what, the guy at the end of the phone, I was so distressed, I was crying on the phone, I was saying, ‘I’m going to lose my house, I’m going to lose my house!”

Trying times: Gemma said she was ‘traumatised’ from the experience, which happened while her father Alan was in hospital battling Covid-19 and close to ‘dying’

‘They are reading from a script, no emotion, telling you, ”go into the branch.”

‘I couldn’t see my dad in the hospital. I went into the branch and the lady was very nice, I started crying in the bank. They didn’t care.’

Gemma said she has PTSD from the experience. 

Stressful: The Former TOWIE star, 41, revealed in an Instagram Live that she almost lost her ‘life savings’ and was buying her dream £1.3million Essex home (pictured) when the bank froze all her accounts

‘You know what, the guy at the end of the phone, I was so distressed, I was crying on the phone, I was saying, ‘I’m going to lose my house, I’m going to lose my house!” Pictured is her home

‘I would have lost my house, in that account I had my life savings, I would have been up s***’s creek,’ she said.

‘I never mentioned it to anyone. I was supposed to go to the financial ombudsman, but my father was dying. I was buying a house, which should have been an amazing experience.

‘I was traumatised, really I’ve suffered PTSD over that experience.’

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events. 

Gemma, who is engaged to fiancé Rami Hawash, celebrated moving into her dream Essex home early last year. 

The bubbly blonde has set up home in a vast five-bedroom property converted from a barn, complete with around an acre of land and four en suite bathrooms. 

She also previously revealed her dad was finally on the road to recovery after battling Covid, and was thrilled to learn that her house purchase had finally gone through.

Speaking on her podcast she said: ‘When I took my dad to see the house he absolutely loved it.

‘I told him in the hospital dad the house has all gone through and i just see lights in his eyes.’

She added at the time: I am so excited about it. All in all it has been a positive positive week for me.’

Gemma rose to fame on TOWIE back in 2011 but left the show in 2019. 

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Familiar face: Gemma rose to fame on TOWIE back in 2011 but left the show in 2019