MAFS: Natasha Spencer reveals her mental health battle amid Stacey Hampton feud

Married At First Sight’s Natasha Spencer has bravely shared her mental health battle.

The 26-year-old financial analyst revealed on Sunday that she had been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder.

She was recently embroiled in a nasty feud with fellow MAFS bride Stacey Hampton, but it’s not suggested their rivalry and Natasha’s mental health struggles are linked.

In a lengthy Instagram post, Natasha spoke about her anxiety and how it affects her romantic life.

‘I have general anxiety disorder (GAD). I fall in love the same way most people do. The only difference is that while I’m falling in love, my brain is also coming up with a million reasons why it won’t work. The strangest mix of hope and dread,’ she wrote.

‘Sometimes it takes me a little longer to fall than my new partner because my anxiety is telling me that it won’t work, or it’s too good to be true. But once I fall in love, it’s with my whole heart. I’ve been told so many times I’m difficult to love.’

She continued: ‘I don’t need grand gestures. My anxiety is silenced with reassuring conversations and defeated with hand holding when in uncertain social settings. I fall in love with someone who does the small things – like Sunday naps and breakfast in bed. 

‘It’s the little things that remind me it doesn’t take much to come back from a panic attack, a meltdown or a bad night. Falling in love with someone with anxiety might be a totally different experience to what you’re use to, but I can assure you – it’s an incomparable bond once you both fall.’

It comes after Natasha claimed on Thursday that Stacey, 26, had sent her a cruel private message falsely accusing her of having ‘ruined families’.

Natasha posted their conversation to her Instagram Story – and Stacey’s baseless allegations were shocking to say the least.  

‘I’d like to propose a toast, to natARSHa for sleeping with the entirety of Sydney, including married men, ruining families and preaching mental health at the same time,’ Stacey wrote, in response to a meme about the show Natasha had posted on Instagram earlier in the day.

‘Like a good little law graduate, I keep files for situations like this… You’ve ruined more real marriages than I can think of and you’re still going.’

Natasha later responded to Stacey’s false claims in a video shared to Instagram.

She claimed that Stacey’s message was ‘bullying’ her.

‘I apologise in advance for this behaviour. I know I should rise above it but I will not ever tolerate… bullying towards myself or anyone else,’ she said.

Natasha, who is a financial analyst, then revealed the truth about Stacey’s hurtful claim she’d slept with a married man, insisting the man in question had lied to her about his relationship status.

‘I have spoken on Instagram multiple times about getting duped by a guy who was getting married at the beginning of the year and getting my feelings hurt,’ she said.

‘I do not steal husbands. I do not destroy families. And I am very much a mental health advocate and I am honest and I have spoken about it before.’

When asked about the dispute, Stacey told Daily Mail Australia on Friday: ‘I wish Natasha the best. I don’t speak to her.’

Meanwhile, Natasha said she was considering sending Stacey a cease and desist letter.

The two women had locked horns on Married At First Sight earlier this year, after Natasha’s ‘husband’ Mikey Pembroke allegedly had a one-night stand with Stacey, which she strongly denied.