In an Instagram post to her 47 million followers, she shared a lengthy and emotional message, along with a series of photos of herself in tears. She urged anyone struggling to remember “you’re not alone”.
Hadid has previously spoken about battling severe depression and anxiety since she was a teenager. This time, she was responding to a Willow Smith video about insecurity and anxiety, saying Willow’s words made her feel “less alone”.
Hadid followed up by saying the quote really hit home for her. “This is pretty much my every day, every night for a few years now,” she wrote.View this post on Instagram
“Social media is not real. For anyone struggling, please remember that. Sometimes all you’ve gotta hear is that you’re not alone. So from me to you, you’re not alone. I love you, I see you, and I hear you. Self help and mental illness/chemical imbalance is not linear and it is almost like a flowing rollercoaster of obstacles… it has its ups and downs , and side to sides. But I want you to know, there is always light at the end of the tunnel, and the rollercoaster always comes to a complete stop at some point. There is always room for it to start up again, but for me it’s always been nice to know that even if it’s a few days, weeks, or months, it does get better, to some extent, even for a moment,” she added.
She, then, shared how she has been coping with it.
“It took me a long time to get that in my mind, but I’ve had enough breakdowns and burnouts to know this: if you work hard enough on yourself, spending time alone to understand your traumas, triggers, joys, and routine, you will always be able to understand or learn more about your own pain and how to handle it. Which is all that you can ask of yourself. Anyways, not sure why but it feels harder and harder to not share my truth on here. Thank you for seeing me and thank you for listening. I love you.”
