Mel B has posed with a book about mental health issues as she begins to battle her demons
The 43-year-old is heading to rehab to tackle post-traumatic stress disorder and booze issue
MEL B has posed with a book about mental health issues as she begins to battle her demons.
The singer, 43, uploaded a clip to Instagram of her and daughter Madison, six.
On a table in front of them is guide Heal Your PTSD.
Mel — who accused her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte of abuse — shared the footage after revealing to The Sun On Sunday she is going to rehab next month.
She wants to tackle post-traumatic stress disorder and booze issues, saying: “The past six months have been incredibly difficult.”
She has also added to her tattoo collection ahead of her rehab stint.
The America's Got Talent judge, 43, and her best pal Gary Madatyan got matching words on their forearms, reading: "Love me or leave me alone."
Mel was pictured grimacing in the tattooists chair while Gary remained straight-faced behind his shades.
The pair arrived at the Beverly Hills studio dressed all in white and holding hands.
Spice Girl Mel recently revealed she is checking into a clinic after battling issues with booze and post-traumatic stress disorder.
A close pal also told how she is “sex-crazed” — and slept with up to three men in one day in the wake of her bitter divorce from Stephen Belafonte.
Mel will enter a UK-based therapy centre next month — and last night opened up about her battles with alcohol and sex.
The America’s Got Talent star told the Sun on Sunday: “The past six months have been incredibly difficult for me.
“I’ve been working with a writer on my book, Brutally Honest, and it has been unbelievably traumatic reliving an emotionally abusive relationship and confronting so many massive issues in my life.
“I am being very honest about drinking to numb my pain but that is just a way a lot of people mask what is really going on.
“Sometimes it is too hard to cope with all the emotions I feel. But the problem has never been about sex or alcohol — it is underneath all that.
"I am fully aware I have been at a crisis point. No one knows myself better than I do - but I am dealing with it.
“I have made the decision to go into a proper therapy programme in the next few weeks, but it has to be in the UK because I am very, very British and I know that will work best for me.
“I am still struggling but if I can shine a light on the issue of pain, PTSD and the things men and women do to mask it, I will do.
“I am speaking about this because this is a huge issue for so many people.”
Leeds-born Mel, who says she has been “financially battered” following her split from US producer Belafonte, 43, is determined to get well for the sake of her children Phoenix, 19, Angel, 11, and Madison, six.
She has also begun a pioneering psychotherapy course called EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.
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She said: “I have recently been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. I don’t want to jinx it, but so far it’s really helping me.
“I’m not perfect, and I have never pretended to be.
"But I am working on being a better version of myself for my kids - whom I love more than life itself - and for all the people who have supported me.”
Last year, Mel said in divorce court documents that Belafonte was physically and emotionally abusive.
She also claimed he made her have sex with other women and got their German nanny Lorraine Gilles, 26, pregnant.
He denied being abusive and the pair finally divorced in December.
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