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Sasha Mielczarek came onto our TV screens as a lovable larrikin on The Bachelorette, however, the star has opened up about suffering a “dark period.”
The 31-year-old construction manager has been keeping a low-profile since his highly-publicised split with Sam Frost last December — instead opting to escape the big smoke and centre himself on the NSW South Coast.
Speaking to news.com.au, Mielczarek said he’d experienced a difficult time over the past six months.
“I’m a blokey-bloke … I suffered in silence and didn’t talk about it,” the ambassador for Movember said.
“I remember one time I’d finished work and was having a chat to Mum on the phone. She asked if I was OK and I said, ‘Yeah, yeah I’m all good,’ — but she could tell something was up.
“I went to the gym and came back and she was there … she’d driven up to spend time with me.”
The former reality TV star also explained that when things reached the boiling point he would reinforce a greater perspective, telling himself “think about things like sick kids in hospital”.
“But you can’t tell your mind that — it’s difficult to get your mind out of that funk.”
Mielczarek credits his recovery to his strong support network: “I’m lucky my mum was very close to me then and we’d talk it through. But it took me a while to open up to other men as well, like my friends.”
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