Heston Blumenthal tearfully reveals wife was forced to have him sectioned

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00:00These recurring highs to lows we were getting stronger and stronger and more regular a tornado

00:06That's just been a tornado. I was on a massive high and had been on for

00:16For several days I

00:20Was having hallucinations feelings of paranoia and even suicidal thoughts

00:26You are a danger for yourself

00:28It's when I pushed red button

00:32Melanie made the difficult decision to have me sectioned which involved me being sedated

00:38Knock on the door as a policeman

00:41Then five firemen and then a doctor with an assistant and I'm like what the hell is going on here

00:46And then I saw the doctor pull out this big syringe and then I woke up in the hospital in this hospital

00:52Yeah, it has been the most horrible hours of my life. I realized now looking back at it

00:58it's

00:59horrible for people that

01:04Care about you. I was too much exhausted. I couldn't

01:11The end of the day you saved my life