Helen Flanagan has confirmed that she quit Coronation Street because she was suffering from depression.
The 22-year-old actress resigned from the British soap opera in February 2012 after portraying Rosie Webster for the previous twelve years as she suffered panic attacks and didn't feel she could "be herself" any more.
Helen - who is set to appear on the new run of I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! – told Reveal magazine: "I've suffered from depression. It was the main reason I had to leave Coronation Street.
“I was down and it was very intense - I don't think I was very well. I wasn't happy there any more. I wanted to find my own identity and I didn't feel free - I couldn't be myself or do what I wanted to do.
"I like to think I'm strong, but I really struggled. My head was in such a state that I wanted to run away, without thinking where I'd go or how I'd get there. I felt trapped. It wasn't just work, I felt overwhelmed in general.
"People will think I'm an ungrateful cow. Like, what's so bad about my life that made me depressed? I have a good job, money, this and that."
