The Apprentice EXCLUSIVE: 'I was scared of everything!' Fiery semi-finalist Michaela Wain says the show helped her battle anxiety... admitting she 'couldn't even get on a train'
She's been the outspoken northerner on the current season of The Apprentice, storming her way to the final five.
So it may come as a shock to many that Michaela Wain - who was fired from the show in Wednesday evening's semi-final - had suffered from anxiety and panic attacks up until she appeared on the series.
'Being on this show has 100 per cent not been a waste of time - it's helped me to overcome my anxiety,' she told MailOnline. 'My life’s changed completely.'
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'I was scared of everything!' Fiery semi-finalist Michaela Wain says the show helped her battle anxiety... admitting she 'couldn't even get on a train'
'Before the show I used to be really scared of everything - even getting on a train.
'I used to have panic attacks. And people wouldn't know that I wasn't confident because, when it comes to business, I have always been super confident.
'But I have always been extremely lacking in self-confidence.'
Michaela credits the show for throwing her into stressful situations and making her overcome her issues.
![Opening up: 'Being on this show has 100 per cent not been a waste of time - it's helped me to overcome my anxiety,' she told MailOnline. 'My life’s changed completely'](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220132559/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/13/17/470F107100000578-0-image-a-71_1513184739046.jpg)
Opening up: 'Being on this show has 100 per cent not been a waste of time - it's helped me to overcome my anxiety,' she told MailOnline. 'My life’s changed completely'
![Not so scary: Despite Claude giving her a grilling during the penultimate episode of the current season, the 33-year-old businesswoman admits that she 'loves' him - and that Karren 'is amazing, and an inspiration to all women'](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220132559/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/13/23/470F45C200000578-5176057-Not_so_scary_Despite_Claude_giving_her_a_grilling_during_the_pen-a-37_1513207034728.jpg)
Not so scary: Despite Claude giving her a grilling during the penultimate episode of the current season, the 33-year-old businesswoman admits that she 'loves' him - and that Karren 'is amazing, and an inspiration to all women'
'Being in such extreme environments is what does it. And then there was the time Claude [Littner] tore me a new one when I had the interview with him.
'I figured that nothing could be worse than that.'
Despite Claude giving her a grilling during the penultimate episode of the current season, the 33-year-old businesswoman admits that she 'loves' him - and that Karren 'is amazing, and an inspiration to all women'.
Of just missing out on the final, Michaela wasn't backwards in making her feelings known.
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Pipped to the post: Of just missing out on the final, Michaela wasn't backwards in making her feelings known
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Ambition: Michaela, who is a mother-of-one, hasn't given up on her business aspirations
'I definitely feel I should have been in the final. And I would have won it,' she declared. 'I still don’t understand [Lord Sugar's] reasoning. He's got lots of business ventures, and so have I. So I'd be the perfect business partner.'
Michaela, who is a mother-of-one, certainly hasn't given up on her business aspirations.
'I am going to crack on with my construction business with Harrison [Jones, former co-star]. He's in property development and construction. Sajan [Shah] is going to do recruitment for us.'
The Apprentice final airs on BBCOne on Sunday evening at 9PM.
![Confident: 'I definitely feel I should have been in the final. And I would have won it,' she declared. 'I still don’t understand [Lord Sugar's] reasoning. He's got lots of business ventures, and so have I. So I'd be the perfect business partner'](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220132559/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/13/17/4714053300000578-0-image-a-73_1513185156307.jpg)
Confident: 'I definitely feel I should have been in the final. And I would have won it,' she declared. 'I still don’t understand [Lord Sugar's] reasoning. He's got lots of business ventures, and so have I. So I'd be the perfect business partner'
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