YAZMIN Oukhellou has been seen with a scar on the arm she was forced to break to survive the car crash that killed Jake McLean.
The Towie star, 28, this week told fans she'd retreated to her "second home" in Marrakech after the traumatic event that took place in Turkey last month.
Yazmin was seen soaking up the Moroccan sun in a black bikini while chatting on the phone, with her scar clearly visible.
As she attempts to take her mind off of things, Yazmin has opened up to her followers about her "healing process" and coming to terms with both losing Jake and the accident.
She said: "I've come back to my second home after what I've been through and tried to centre myself.
"When those days hit me where I feel like giving up, I practice gratitude and give thanks to even the smallest of things and it really does help."
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She added: "Healing is NOT an overnight process. It takes time.
"Sometimes you'll feel like you're finally getting over something & happy again, and then the wound will reopen when you least expect it. Don't give up, don't get discouraged."
Yazmin previously spoke to The Sun about the terrifying aftermath of the freak accident in Bodrum, confessing she was left with no choice but to break her own arm.
She did not know it at the time, but the crash had opened an artery. She said: “I could just feel my arm absolutely covered in blood. It was like I was lying in a hot bath, there was so much around me.
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“At the same time I was trying to wake up Jake.
“In my head I told myself, ‘OK, he’s just unconscious, I’m alive so he must be alive’.
“I didn’t want to admit it to myself that he could be dead.
“So I thought, ‘Right, I can either lay still and bleed to death, or snap my own arm to try to save us — I had no choice.
“So I somehow snapped my arm through pure adrenaline and panic. I climbed out of the car, and I was kind of holding my arm together with my left hand."
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