Strictly's Jamie Borthwick suffers with a phobia and despite undergoing therapy, he fears it will never leave him. Strictly Come Dancing contestant Jamie Borthwick is a hot favourite on the BBC talent show. He is paired with Michelle Tsiakkas and it was only last year that he took part in the Strictly Christmas special, which he won with professional dancer Nancy Xu.
Despite that he insists he's forgotten everything he was taught as training was only two weeks long. "I'll be honest, it feels like so much has happened since then I've kind of forgotten everything," he said. "I'm hoping it'll be like riding a bike and that it'll come back, but I've kind of forgot most of it.
" Jamie, who turned 30 this year, is best known by TV fans for his role as Jay Brown in EastEnders . He joined the iconic soap when he was just 12 and although he has always appeared to be in perfect health, Jamie has been suffering with a debilitating health condition since he was a teenager. "I have terrible health anxiety, I'm a massive hypochondriac," he revealed in an interview with the Mirror earlier this year .
The disorder causes him to doubt his well-being all the time and ask himself the same thing each morning: "Every day, I wake up and go, ‘what’s wrong with me today?'" he admitted. The problem began with teenage emetophobia, which is a fear of being sick, and it developed into more health issues. Jamie has had therapy for the condition and learnt ways to cope with his anxiety but he fears he .