Helen Flanagan was reflecting on a full year of being single as she posted a series of candid thoughts on Instagram on Tuesday. 

The former Coronation Street star, 35, shares kids Matilda, ten, Delilah, seven, and Charlie, five, with her ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair.

Helen split from professional footballer Scott in 2022 after 13 years together and then moved on with construction worker Robbie, 45, but they split in the summer of 2025.

Now she has posted about how she feels about being single ahead of turning 36 soon. 

She wrote on her Story: 'The only time I miss having a boyfriend is when I don't have my kids. I am more of a relationship girl. I turn 36 next week and I've done a whole year of being single. I don't think it's a bad thing to be this way I think it's only natural to want connection.

'I don't want to settle though unless it's right so if it's not I'd rather be on my own.'

She added in another slide: 'I'm not someone who really likes being on their own in general and that's ok. If I'm not with my kids I like to be with my close friends or my family.' 

'I'm quite up and down with my mood. I am either super happy and fun or not great at all.' 

It comes after last week Helen shared a tearful selfie as she opened up about casual sex and 'intense rejection'.

Taking to Instagram, Helen shared a series of snaps describing 'things I experience as an ADHD woman'.

In one snap where she posed in lingerie, she penned: 'When it comes to sex, I'm not a casual girl. I'm a lover girl/wifey, and I do get attached. 

'I think guys that ghost girls after sleeping with them are big fat rats LOL.'

This was followed by a tearful selfie, with text that said: 'Last time I had proper feelings for someone, it just felt a lot. Intense. 

'My friends say I'm like Cathy Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights LOL. 

'I get limerence, [an involuntary, intense psychological state of romantic obsession] and I always get terrible rejection sensitivity, but I'm learning to deal with that better.'

The star also shared a snap with her first boyfriend in her latest post, writing: 'I've always been a romantic and been boy mad since I would say 14 LOL. 

'This was my first boyfriend, Danny. I moved in with him when I was 17, and he could drive. It's always very intense, and I fall in love hard. 

'Doesn't mean that it's not genuine, as at the time it is. My second boyfriend was my kids' dad, who I was with for 13 years, and I had his name tattooed at 19 LOL.'

In another selfie posing with a glass of wine, she penned: 'Addictions are more common with people with ADHD. I don't have a problem with alcohol but I got unhealthy habits when I separated from the father of my kids. 

'To deal with the stress with the three kids on my own and when I felt sad, I numbed it. Much healthier with alcohol now.

'Drug addiction is something close to my heart, as someone very close to me has struggled, and I know how it can just ruin your life and the heartbreak for those that love them. 

'I don't judge people, and I have empathy.'

Opening up about being a mother with ADHD, she said: 'As a mum I also get overstimulated. Especially when there are too many sounds at once. 

'I swear a lot when I'm frustrated, which I know isn't great. I'm not the most organised, but one way or another I always make sure everything is perfect for the kids. 

'I also think at least one out of my three children is neurodivergent.'

Earlier this month, Helen said that she's struggling with being out of work and has been left feeling 'unsure' of herself after being forced to move out of her family home.

The star recently sold the home she shared with her ex Scott and is now trying to figure out her next move. 

The Daily Mail revealed that the Lancashire property eventually sold for £945,000 after it was originally put up for sale for £1.5million.

Now Helen is between homes and took to her Instagram Story to reflect on her career and her next steps forward. 

She said in the video: 'I don't know, I've just kind of felt like… I've not really been sure of myself recently.

'I kind of feel like… I'm turning 36 in August, I've just done this house move, I'm kind of unsure where I am like career wise as well.

'There's a lot of change going on and I don't know, I've just felt a bit weird in myself.'

Of where she wants to settle next, she said: 'I'm in two minds about moving to London. I was going to buy here then I decided not to buy here so everything's just been a bit, like, all over the place.

'I've just felt frustrated with work as well because I really want to act and basically, I just want a job at the moment and feel frustrated in that way.'

She also said that recently she hasn't 'felt creative' with her social media work and said posting has been making her feel 'anxious'.