Dani Dyer hopes her own anxiety experience encourages fellow mothers to talk

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dani Dyer has said she hopes her own experience struggling with anxiety “encourages” young women and fellow mothers to speak to someone if they are having mental health issues. “So I just feel like it was something to talk about, and definitely encourage other young women, and obviously, other mums to speak up if they feel like they really need to, and I really hope that sort of comes across like that on the documentary.” Dyer also said that West Ham United and England winger Bowen, 26, who she described as “so laid back” and “chilled”, has “never really suffered from anxiety”. “It’s just going right, OK, I want to make a change, I want to make a difference for myself, I want to be happy.” In the show, Dyer also reveals how she was coping with the isolating loneliness of being a new mother, as well as how the weight of being a “good mum” has negatively impacted her and many other mothers’ mental health. And I think that’s what’s kind of important really to just sort of show how anxiety can affect people in so many different ways, whether it’s emotionally, physically.” Dyer, who won the 2018 series of Love Island alongside former boyfriend Jack Fincham, dated Sammy Kimmence before she starred on the reality show.