She said in an interview on ITV’s Loose Women: ‘I've had to have therapy for anxiety because I haven't been sleeping.’
She revealed that her anxiety worsened when she moved into her new home. 'I'd just moved at the time. I was ringing all my friends to come and stay with me.’
She continued: ‘It gets to 11 o'clock of an evening and this is going to sound so bad, I feel that someone is coming to get me and they are going to kill me, which sounds ridiculous because in my head, I know it's not going to happen - that is my anxiety.’
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Gemma revealed to the Loose Women panel that she uses her confident front to help combat her anxiety and hide it from others.
She said: ‘Everyone sees you as being so confident and to an extent I am. I am not going to lie but that's how I deal with my anxiety.'
The TOWIE star has been using her time on diving show Splash! to combat her demons.
She said: 'That's where the thoughts were coming from, but I'm dealing with it and I've overcome it and since doing Splash!, it has really helped me.'