'I can't do this anymore' - Majella O'Donnell reveals she was hospitalised for depression

Majella O'Donnell has opened up about about her struggles with depression and revealed that for the first time in her life, she had to be hospitalised.

Speaking to Oliver Callan on RTÉ Radio One, the wife of country music star Daniel O'Donnell said she was terrified, but that she "relinquished" herself to medical professionals in a psychiatric hospital for 10 weeks in 2024.

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Admitting that she is "normally able to get herself out of a rut," Majella said she "returned to that dark old place" during that time.

Majella has suffered with depression since her late teens and has been taking anti-depressants since her mid 30s.

"I just felt I've had enough of this," she told Oliver, "I can't do this anymore. I really can't. I'm just tired of it.

"My GP suggested I go into a psychiatric hospital, and I did. I went in there for 10 weeks and it really straightened me out. They changed all my medication. Obviously you do a lot of therapy, and you go to mind development things that you do, and all sorts of things when you're in there. 

"It was very good, but I was completely burnt out when I went in."

Majella, 65, admitted that she didn't speak to her husband Daniel for nearly five weeks when she is in psychiatric care, "I couldn't even talk because I had nothing to say at all".

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"I sent a text and I explained everything. I just said, 'I've nothing to say. I'm just lost. Please give me the time. I love you all very much. I'll be back in contact with you when I feel able'."

She also said that she was terrified when she entered the care facility, as it was the first time she had ever been hospitalised for her mental health issues.

"When I went in the first day, when I was sort of waiting in reception, if you like, I started sayin 'I can't do this. I can't do this. No, I want to go home. I can't stay here".

She went on to say how nice the nurses were and how they "really calmed me down".

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Fortunately, Majella started to feel better after a few weeks and changes to her medication, but has urged people who are in similar situations to speak up and receive the help they need.

"Every time you feel it, you talk. That's the thing is to talk, and the talk could just be 'I'm in a bad place', even if you don't want to go into details or anything, but just to say 'I need help'."