Bella Hadid explains crying photos and tells about her strong mental health problems

Model Bella Hadid opened her heart to speak honestly about what is going on with her mental health. She shared her story in a conversation with WSJ Magazine on "My Monday Morning."

He's not having a good time. Bella confessed that her mental health issues were overwhelming her and she calls them "excruciating and debilitating." When the interviewer questioned her about her secret to putting together an outfit in the morning, the model replied that she has been without a stylist for about two years and was in a strange place mentally. She unexpectedly commented that at this time it is difficult for her to get dressed and leave the house, especially because of the anxiety that the paparazzi will see her and the media will criticize her.

Surely it is exhausting to think about what they could say about you worldwide and take care of an appearance that you have created many years ago even if you do not feel good.

Over time she learned to deal with her mental health issues and lovingly embraced her fashion to make way for outfits that made her happy and comfortable.

"The last year was very important for me. I learned that if people talk about my style, if they like it or not, it doesn't matter, because it's mine. When I leave the house in the morning what I think is: Does this make me happy? Do I feel good in this and do I feel comfortable?" she said.

But not only choosing an outfit in the morning generates anxiety. In the end, her appearance is her job and each publication on social networks is so thought out and planned that it becomes exhausting. In November 2021, she posted several photos crying, she opened up and told what is behind those unexpected and painful selfies.

"I would have really depressive episodes and my mom or my doctor would ask me how I was doing, instead of having to text back, I'd just send them a picture. It was the easiest thing for me at the time because I could never really explain how I felt. I was in excruciating and debilitating mental and physical pain, and I didn't know why. That was for the last three years. I posted them to make sure anyone who felt this way knew it was okay to feel this way."

Instagram has become a social network where everything looks beautiful, even as advice they say "romanticize your life". On the one hand it's fine because it's always a happy and beautiful version of everyday life but on the other hand it's a lie that doesn't include sad and dark things.

Bella Hadid comments that at the end of the day we are all cut from the same cloth regardless of what you do, and she felt that by sharing such intimate and real photos she could be closer and more human with her followers and not just post photos cute.

She says that the publication of her crying made her feel less alone because she received thousands and thousands of comments supporting her, assuring her that everything would be fine and it is normal for people to go through episodes of anxiety and depression.

The model assures that she is currently much better but that the struggle is constant, every day she must fight with her own mind to find peace.

"My brain fog feels better, I don't feel depressed. I don't have as much anxiety as I normally do, but tomorrow I could wake up and be the complete opposite. That's why I feel so overwhelmed," she confesses.