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MasterChef Australia winner and Star 104.5 breakfast host, Julie Goodwin, has shared details of her difficult battle with mental health.
The Facebook page for her breakfast radio show, Rabbit and Julie, shared a note yesterday, in which she explained that she has been largely absent over the past year due to the symptoms of depression and anxiety, for which she is currently receiving help.
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“I’ve had depression and anxiety on and off over many years. On the surface I know I don’t seem to be depressed or anxious. I’ve denied it to myself for a long time, and certainly put a lot of energy into making sure it wasn’t obvious to the people around me,” she wrote.
“Six months ago I reluctantly decided to acknowledge that my mental health wasn’t great and I finally allowed myself to be diagnosed… and put on medication.”
‘A whole list of things went wrong.’
Over the past few years, Goodwin has been operating her own business, Julie’s Place Cooking School, while also starring on the Central Coast radio show, Rabbit and Julie Goodwin, with co-host, Dave ‘Rabbit’ Rabbetts.