Kirsty Young

2022 - 12 - 25

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Kirsty Young says chronic condition made her question her own ... (The Independent)

BBC presenter appeared in a special Christmas Day episode of 'Desert Island Discs' with Lauren Laverne, where she spoke about her struggles with ...

“The Queen’s funeral has surely exemplified her reign,” an emotional Young said during the broadcast. “It grinds you away, you lose your personality, you lose your sense of humour, you lose your sense of self. “I thought if I’m not that, what am I for? “So, therefore, if it is a sort of Premier League footballer or if it is an astrophysicist, their music and the amount of time you spend talking to them, and then also the ways in and the ways out of the museum, are sort of beautifully soft and comfy. So I had to take it seriously if I was going to get better. What is a Kirsty for?

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Kirsty Young: Scots presenter opens up about chronic pain condition (HeraldScotland)

The Scots broadcaster hosted nearly 500 editions of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs before having to leave the show to undergo treatment.

“It grinds you away, you lose your personality, you lose your sense of humour, you lose your sense of self. So I had to take it seriously if I was going to get better. What is a Kirsty for? The broadcaster said she wanted to find the right words to end the programme and sum up the magnitude of the historic day but admitted: “I did really have a bit of a moment. “It was said with extreme kindness but it was just a moment of absolute reality and clarity, and I remember I pulled my car over and just had a good old, to use a good Scottish word, a good old greet (cry) and I thought ‘right, well, them’s the facts and you’re really going to have to think about this’,” she said. She said he also warned her that she had to take her condition “seriously” and reduce the stress in her life alongside the medical treatment if she wanted to get better.

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Kirsty Young returns to Desert Island Discs as a guest (Lancashire Telegraph)

Former Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young returned to the BBC Radio 4 show for the first time since she stepped away from the programme in 2018.

So I had to take it seriously if I was going to get better. “It grinds you away, you lose your personality, you lose your sense of humour, you lose your sense of self. [Young](https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/national/16608363.kirsty-young-take-break-desert-island-discs-due-health-issue/) admitted that she felt “very shaky” having to leave her broadcast job, which she “absolutely loved” and had intended to do until they made her leave. [Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young to star on Desert Island Discs](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/23152176.cate-blanchett-steven-spielberg-kirsty-young-star-desert-island-discs/) [Young](https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/national/16608363.kirsty-young-take-break-desert-island-discs-due-health-issue/) said: “It was said with extreme kindness but it was just a moment of absolute reality and clarity, and I remember I pulled my car over and just had a good old, to use a good Scottish word, a good old greet (cry) and I thought ‘right, well, them’s the facts and you’re really going to have to think about this’. [castaway programme](https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/national/23152176.cate-blanchett-steven-spielberg-kirsty-young-star-desert-island-discs/) airing on Christmas Day, Young told Lauren Laverne, who took over her presenting role, that she is now feeling “so much better” and reflected on the experience of returning to broadcast after her break.

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Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young 'lost her sense of self ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Former Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young departed as host of the show in 2018 because of her fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis and has since ...

You can't just keep shovelling painkillers down your neck, which don't work anyway, and feel shocking'," she recounted the doctor's words. It's awful," the presenter explained. She revealed that her fibromyalgia left her struggling to perform everyday tasks like cooking and driving, describing the pain as feeling like she'd been hit "with a baseball bat". [departed as host of Desert Island Discs in 2018](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kirsty-young-quits-desert-island-17477846) because of her fibromyalgia and rheumatoid [arthritis](https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/facts-arthritis-how-you-can-6416990). [Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Presenter](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/desert-island-discs) [Kirsty Young](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/kirsty-young) said she 'lost her sense of self' due to her experiences with chronic pain.

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