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Fearne Cotton takes a digital detox when she is down

Fearne Cotton switches off social media when she is feeling down
Fearne Cotton switches off social media when she is feeling down

TV presenter Fearne Cotton has revealed that she stays away from social media "when she is feeling down".

36-year-old Cotton has previously spoke about her experience with depression and shared that she had her first panic attack last year.

Speaking to Stella magazine she called social media both "a dark and brilliant thing for mental health".

"If I'm feeling down I won't go on it because it's nearly impossible not to compare yourself unfavourably to others and to feel a bit down. I only scroll through when I'm feeling happy.

"If I feel down I have a social media detox for a while. You have to remember you're not looking at people's real lives but just edited highlights of it."

Speaking about her first panic attack last year Cotton said: "I was driving on a motorway and my chest began to tighten and I felt like I was going to black out. I pulled over and had to be driven home.

Ferne Cotton and Jesse Wood
Ferne Cotton with her husband Jess Wood 

"There was a lot going on in my life, with family members becoming ill, and I was just becoming exhausted from plate-spinning."

And the mother-of-two with husband Jesse Wood, son of Rolling Stone Ronnie, added: "I still have my depression triggers, but I now know how to handle them."

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