Former world champion Elise Christie has opened up about her two-year battle with depression and anxiety in an emotional post on Instagram.
The short track speed skater, who moved to Nottingham as a 15-year-old, told the BBC back in November that she has had the worst year of her life.
Her father had been diagnosed with cancer late in 2017, just four months before Christie was set to compete for Team GB at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
The following February, Christie fell twice in South Korea, scuppering her chances of bringing home a medal, and shortly after split with long-term boyfriend Shaolin Liu with the Hungarian skater dumping her via text message.
In an Instagram post on Friday, Christie revealed that she is no longer on anti-depressants and in recent months her mental health has improved dramatically.
"I was on medication for two years," she said. "I felt I couldn't openly speak about it. I suffered for two years with depression and anxiety."
"It prevented me being myself and unfortunately I ended up on anti-depressants.
"I'm now really proud to say that I've officially managed to get myself off anti-depressants and become more myself again.
"It's been amazing to feel happiness and sadness again, to not feel nothing.
"There's a huge list of people I owe thanks to, especially during my toughest hours when I hid away from the world and locked everyone out, so many people that loved me and were there through it all.
"So a massive thank you to everyone that stood by me, and to those that didn't, you now don't deserve me at my best! Let's beat depression together."
