Katie Price turned up at The Priory and begged staff ‘Don’t let me kill myself’

Katie Price has bravely revealed how she turned up at The Priory and begged doctors to save her from her suicidal thoughts.

The 42-year-old spent time at the mental health care facility earlier this year after suffering "severe trauma" at the hands of vile internet trolls.

But with the help and support of her loving family, kids and new partner Carl Woods, the mum-of-five has turned things around and is happier than ever.

During an exclusive interview with Mirror Online, Katie bravely opened up about how trolls had put her back in The Priory.

She made the confession after Carl, 31, said people wanted to see their relationship fail - but that it wouldn't.

He told us: "I think 90% of the country would like to see Kate's relationship fail again so they can say, 'Oh yeah, I said it'.

"But it's not going to happen, just leave it alone because it's not going to happen."

An impassioned Katie added: "Why can't people embrace and think, 'You know what, she's been through s**t and hell and back'.

"What people seem to forget, I am a working mother of five, I've never taken any money off the government, I've supported my kids, everything I've done I've done myself, and people still manage to slag me, they never actually see the good bits.

"All I've ever wanted, I'm old fashioned and I just want to be in that family unit, that's all I want, that fairytale, it's all I've ever wanted."

She added: "Everyone deserves a chance, I hit rock bottom and guess what, I got myself out of that rut because why? It's all I had left of me to do. I could have gone in a box, in a coffin, in the ground, which was where I wanted to be, but because I had the kids and I had that little bit of strength in me to think, 'Kate, look around you, look what you can have, look what you've achieved in your past, get that energy and re-spark it'.

"Because if I don't help myself no one else will. It can get very tiring for people. If people want to help you and you can't help yourself, it gets very tiring I reckon. But I've never been like that. I'd always tell people I'm fine when inside I'm crying but I'd never say it."

Katie said that one day, she came to the realisation that she needed to get help.

She went on: "The best thing I did was think, 'Kate you can do it, you're strong, forget everything else', and I did. I went to The Priory and booked in and said, 'I don’t want to leave here, I want to be an inpatient, help me to sort out my head, this is my last chance to do it, I don't want to die, I don't want to kill myself, help me'.

"And it's the best thing I've ever done, I feel so good now, that's why I feel I've met Carl now because I know what I want, I know what I deserve, and when I'm happy the ship runs well."

Carl and Katie both said they were the happiest they've ever been after finally finding each other.

But the main thing Carl struggles to understand is how Katie deals with the vile abuse she receives online.

He said people use "fake accounts" to do it because it's something they'd never dare say to someone's face.

Katie, who says she's a "different person" following her stint in The Priory, said: "But then when I call them out or say something back, I then get them DMing me saying, 'Oh it's only a bit of fun, I thought you were a girl who could take a bit of fun'.

"But I'm like, 'What you said isn't fun. Fun for who? Fun for you and entertainment for you but what about my feelings?'"

"It’s actually quite a serious thing, like Kate gets upset about it," Carl pointed out.

It's online abuse like this that left Katie at such a low point she headed to the Priory to ask for help.

She told us: "I was in The Priory because it's a build up of all this s**t that I've had, this abuse, this mental abuse.

"That's why I ended up in The Priory. It was nothing to do with drink or drugs. I don’t know why everyone said I was in rehab, I've never been in rehab in my life.

"I was never in The Priory for drink or drugs - ever! It was severe trauma rehabilitation, and I still speak to the doctor weekly now because that's what I want to do because there are lots of things that have gone on in my past that led me up to that."

Katie, who is currently battling back to health after breaking both of her feet in an accident on holiday, said there are a lot of misconceptions around her time in The Priory.

The star is planning to dedicate a video on her YouTube channel to exactly how it all works.

Katie was being cared for by the "trauma" side of the facility, alongside people from the military and victims of abuse.

She explained: "You get the anorexic side, you get people doing the 12 steps on the alcohol and addiction side, and then you get the trauma side, that was the bit I was on, where you get a lot of people from the military, or people who've been abused or mentally abused. I was on that side, and they're all kept separate, you're not in the same section.

"So I don’t know where that stigma came from."

Katie said that more than anything, she wishes people would just accept that she's happy with Carl and leave her to it.

Addressing the trolls, she said: "I just wish people would just think for a second before they write something and just think they want me to be happy and be happy for me.

"My kids are happy, my family are happy, I've sorted my head out, I'm happy, it's a new chapter of my life and everyone deserves it when they've been through s**t, and always remember, never underestimate the Pricey."

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