Joe Wicks has been branded a ‘national treasure’ by fans after his documentary Facing My Childhood.

Joe Wicks touched the hearts of BBC viewers Monday night to watch his exciting documentary Facing My Childhood.

The one-hour feature film traces her growing up experience with a mother with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a heroin-addicted father.

The 36-year-old fitness guru explored the impact it had on his life by dealing with his past and having candid conversations with family and friends.

Joe, also known as The Body Coach, was caught wiping tears multiple times, and his raw emotions evoked a lot of emotion in the audience, who rushed home to call him a national treasure.

One emotional fan said she was impressed by the father of two: ‘Joe Wicks… you are absolutely amazing and incredibly inspiring. If you missed @thebodycoach #joewicksfacingmychildhood, check out @BBCiPlayer and share it everywhere.

‘I was very impressed. Keep spreading the love Joe! You are an amazing person x’.

Don’t Touch: The one-hour film traces her experiences growing up with her family struggling with OCD and addiction, and examines the impact these experiences had on her life.

Notable: The 36-year-old fitness guru bravely confronted his past and had candid conversations with family and friends.

Emotional: Joe, aka Body Coach, was caught wiping tears multiple times

Another praised the program for highlighting “a real and raw topical issue” and added that they hope it “will help break the stigma”.

Joe thanked the fans on social media for their support, telling them he was “in a much more positive position with all this.”

In a four-part caption, the quarantine hero wrote: “I want to thank you all so much for watching my BBC1 documentary tonight.

I’m impressed: Joe’s raw emotion evoked many emotions in home audiences who called him a national treasure

“The purpose of this documentary is to start conversations about mental health and highlight the support that is there as we struggle…

“It is very important to talk about our problems and remove the shame, guilt and stigma of mental illness and addiction. I hope the documentary helped you in some way, but if you need more help and support please visit http://bbc.co.uk/actionline.

‘There you will find links to all the relevant charities and services you need. Just a warning about my personal mental health. Since I shot the documentary last year, I have found my balance with my phone and social media much better…

‘I’m much more positive about it. It was a very exciting process, but now I come out stronger and more positive. Thanks again for all your support. I love Joe so much x’

Making a Change: Joe thanked his fans on social media for their support, telling them he was “in a much more positive place with everything.”

Speaking this morning to promote the movie on Monday, Joe said he was constantly worried as a child growing up with his father and mother who were heroin addicts and suffered from severe OCD.

Joe admitted that he couldn’t imagine that his young children, three-year-old Indigo and two-year-old Marley, had to look after their parents properly.

Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about his childhood, Joe said he thought the film would initially focus on others as an extension of his work to help families through online exercise classes during the pandemic.

Dad: Speaking on This Morning to promote the movie, Joe admitted that he couldn’t imagine his three-year-old children, Indigo and two-year-old Marley, having to take care of their parents properly (pictured with Indigo).

‘There are things that were locked inside you as a child that you suppressed and didn’t want to deal with. It was very difficult for me to make this documentary. I had other families in mind, mental health in England: “How can we improve this?” but it has become something very personal.”

“All these experiences I’ve had have shaped who I am today. It gave me the willingness and empathy to help others and even share this story. There’s a reason I’m doing this: I want to help others.’

Family: Joe’s mother, Raquela, left him in the care of his drug-addicted father, Gary, at age 12 to seek help for his OCD (pictured with his mother and brother Nikki)

Joe’s mother, Raquela, left him at age 12 in the care of his drug addict father, Gary, to get help for his OCD.

Joe praised his mother for being “brave” enough to get the help she needed in the form of five months of therapy, while her 38-year-old older brother Nikki tried to free her from the daily fears of living with her father. dependant.

He explained how he feared that if he told people about his mother’s problems, he and his siblings would be welcome. “I was born in 1985 and she was only 19 when she gave birth to me. There was a fear that if I told people I had an eating disorder or that I was having a hard time, it would be taken away from me.

Parents: Joe added: “I’m watching” [my kids] and thinking “I can’t imagine dealing with these feelings” (pictured with their kids and wife Rosie who is pregnant with their third child)