Love Island star Alexandra Cane shares a tearful video as she talks about dealing with grief

‘I hold the power to heal’: Love Island star Alexandra Cane shares a tearful video as she discusses dealing with grief

Alexandra Cane welled up with tears in an emotional social media video on Monday as she candidly discussed coping with grief. 

The former Love Island star, 29, declared that she ‘holds the power to heal,’ and ‘will get through this’, as she shared words of encouragement with her followers who are also struggling with loss.

She looked past her camera lens before closing her eyes in the poignant clip, but didn’t specify what experience had caused her heartache. 

Being honest: Alexandra Cane welled up with tears in an emotional social media video on Monday as she candidly discussed coping with grief

Alexandra wrote in the accompanying caption: ‘To anyone suffering with grief… repeat after me: I see you, I hear you, I feel you, I am safe, I will get through this, I hold the power to heal.

‘Grief hits us at many different times in our lives. I want you to remember that it is not a sign of weakness, it is NECESSARY. Cry, shake, scream, fall to the floor, whatever you need to do.’ 

She advised her followers to ‘feel’ and ‘acknowledge’ their emotions so they can heal in their own time. 

Alexandra continued: ‘Just feel it. Acknowledge it. Welcome it. Embrace it. Hold it…Let it go. Take as much time as you need to heal.’

Moving: The former Love Island star, 29, declared that she 'holds the power to heal,' and 'will get through this', as she shared words of encouragement with her followers

Moving: The former Love Island star, 29, declared that she ‘holds the power to heal,’ and ‘will get through this’, as she shared words of encouragement with her followers

Positive thoughts and prayers: She advised her followers to 'feel' and 'acknowledge' their emotions so they can heal in their own time

Positive thoughts and prayers: She advised her followers to ‘feel’ and ‘acknowledge’ their emotions so they can heal in their own time

Her social media followers flooded her Instagram with heart emojis and messages of support. 

One fan wrote: ‘Hope you’re okay beaut! Sending you so much love and light,’ while a second follower penned: ‘Sending you strength ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’.

A third Instagram user responded: ‘♥️♥️ Hugs xx’. (sic) 

The reality star shared another eye-opening post last week as she revealed that she dipped to a ‘dangerously low’ weight last summer while focusing obsessively on dieting and working out.

Uplifting: Her social media followers flooded her Instagram with heart emojis and messages of support as one fan wrote: 'Hope you’re okay beaut! Sending you so much love and light'

Uplifting: Her social media followers flooded her Instagram with heart emojis and messages of support as one fan wrote: ‘Hope you’re okay beaut! Sending you so much love and light’

The former Love Islander disclosed she learned the hard way that ‘being slim doesn’t equate to happiness’ as she pursued a more slender frame amid a storm of personal problems. 

Responding to a fan who said their plan for 2021 was to ‘get slim and love [themselves]’, Alexandra confessed that simply being slim wasn’t enough for her.  

Sharing side-by-side snaps of herself wearing bikinis, she wrote: ‘I got to a dangerously low weight during the middle of 2020 because of personal stresses/lockdown etc (right).

‘It’s important for me to share this because I don’t want anyone to feel pressured to look this way.  

‘The picture on the left was when I felt my strongest/most confident (beginning of the year after launching my fitness plan). I had never felt so good about myself.

She added: ‘It’s hard for me to share this but I feel I have a duty as I want you to see that the girl on the right was terribly sad & not nourishing her body.

‘I was hurting myself. I was dealing with trauma & just trying to control some aspect of my life which at the time was food and exercise.’ 

For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. 

Low: Alexandra shared another eye-opening post last week as she revealed that she dipped to a 'dangerously low' weight last summer while focusing obsessively on dieting and working out

Low: Alexandra shared another eye-opening post last week as she revealed that she dipped to a ‘dangerously low’ weight last summer while focusing obsessively on dieting and working out