Gabby freaks out in Emmerdale as her food issues begin to impact Thomas

Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) is fighting a secret battle that even she doesn’t know in Emmerdale.

The trigger was Ross Barton (Michael Parr), as he seems to be with most things. He rejected her when she came onto him, and not expecting him to say no, Gabby started to spiral into a pit of self-doubt.

The spiral has been gradual though, meaning that the stoic businesswoman hasn’t let on to anyone that her mind is becoming a mess. Even she isn’t fully aware.

All she knows is that she’s trying to grab back some control of her life and the one thing she can do that with is food.

She’s been displaying some troubling signs of possible disordered eating, but she’s been hiding it well under the guise of trying to focus on nutrition and healthy eating. While that in itself isn’t a worry – and is why no one has picked up on anything yet – we know things are set to take a dark turn.

One little bit of light in the dark is that Gabby and Billy (Jay Kontzle) seem to be getting it on, but even that is complex. It’s like she’s latched onto the first guy to pay her any attention at all.

Trouble is, he happens to be Dawn’s ex.

Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) is by far not happy about this arrangement and asks that Gabby and Billy to hold off telling the kids.

It’s a shame for Gabby that though she’s found a good one, she can’t yell it from the rooftops. Things are going well for them – Billy even backs her when Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) goes against her healthy menu at the Hide. Romance right there.

But there are some subtle dangerous signs that Gabby’s food issues are escalating and Billy isn’t enough of a distraction to make it go away. Fighting so vehemently against Laurel for the healthy food menu is one, another is where her food anxiety is clearly spilling over into her motherhood.

Gabby is due to take Thomas to a friend’s birthday party, but when she sees the food on the menu, she panics.

She will not allow her son to touch the stuff.

So, she bans Thomas from going purely off the kids’ food menu, suggesting her disordered eating is already getting out of control.

Will Billy notice something is off with his new lover?