Piper continues: “So I did a load of it [and] now I’m sort of in the once a week world. I would say largely, as an experience, it’s really, really benefited my life and some of it’s really hard and some of that I wish I’d never really got into.

“There’s still a sort of stigma around being that ‘therapy person’, like the person who goes, ‘You should get therapy’ or, ‘Hey, why don’t you try therapy or even talking openly about it?’ I still feel that there’s […] certainly a stoicism that runs through the core of our family and there’s not a lot of space for that in theory.”

You can listen to the full interview on the Changes With Annie Macmanus podcast.

If you, or someone you know, is struggling with their mental health, you can find support and resources on mental health charity Mind’s website or see the NHS’s list of mental health helplines here.

For information and help on eating disorders, visit eating disorder charity Beat website.

Billie Piper recalls how her attitude to therapy changed in her early 30s