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Schapelle Corby's terrifying psychosis

“I thought I was eating my dad’s human flesh.” - by Lucy Bode
  • 19 Oct 2020

She’s been out of prison for more than six years, but convicted drug-smuggler Schapelle Corby is still haunted by the time she spent behind bars.

WATCH: Schapelle Corby breaks down on SAS Australia

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“I don’t eat meat anymore because my hallucinations were so vivid that I thought I was eating my dad’s human flesh,” she admits in an upcoming episode of SAS: Australia.

“I would see visions, I would hallucinate and I wasn’t able to read. Reading really was my saviour before my illness because I would just block everything out and just read.”

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Schapelle (pictured) admits she saw "visions" after the death of her father, Michael, in 2008.

The 34-year-old goes on to explain that the death of her father, Michael, in 2008 was the underlying trigger for her psychosis.

“I am not fully recovered from it. He (my dad) used to come to visit me a lot. I didn't think that he would die and I didn't understand that would be the last time that I would see him,” she says.

“We had been appealing and appealing and then the final appeal came back denied so it was those things that I couldn't get my head around. So mid-2008 I started losing my mind… hallucinating, I couldn't eat.”

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Schapelle (pictured) is still affected by her time in jail years later.

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Schappelle, who currently resides in the Gold Coast, is one of a slew of celebrities starring in the Channel 7 military-style reality show. As part of the gig, she'll take tests from the real SAS selection process, which will subject her to extreme physical endurance, sleep deprivation, interrogation and psychological testing.

In a teaser for the show, Schapelle, who served nine years in Bali's Kerobokan jail, fights back tears as Chief Instructor Ant Middleton questions her repeated claims of innocence.

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Schapelle (left) is visibly shaken after being yelled at by an ex-Special Forces officer.

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“How come a court of law can prove you guilty and then you’re saying that ‘it wasn’t me’,” the ex-Special Forces Soldier prompts her.

Struggling to maintain composure, Schapelle bites her bottom lip, before the video cuts to her bungee jumping out of a helicopter.

Speaking in the voiceover, she says: “I don’t do heights, I don’t do cold. I fear open spaces. I fear interrogation. I’ve been locked away for a very long time… I’m 43 now. I want to change my life.”

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Schapelle (pictured) will be put through a series of physically and mentally demanding tests on the show.

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In another sneak peek, Schapelle and the other contestants - including PR maven Roxy Jacenko and former Bachelor Nick Cummins - are led through barren terrain in a prison-like procession.

“This is completely unscripted and one hundred per cent real!" Ant says in the voice over. 

“We’re going to find out who they really are… and so will they."

SAS: Australia premieres at 7.30 pm tonight on Seven. 

Lucy Bode
Lucy is Are Media's health and lifestyle editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and pop culture has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

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