Bella Hadid weighs in on the mental tolls of social media.
Bella Hadid Opens Up About Mental Health in Tear-Filled Instagram Post: “Social Media is Not Real”Bella Hadid took a break from posting her stylized modeling images on Instagram to break down the walls a little and get real about her own personal mental health struggles, with some help from Willow Smith.
Hadid wrote in the caption of her post that Smith’s words made her feel “less alone” and prompted her to make an Instagram post in the first place. In the slides that follow, we see multiple close-up shots of Hadid crying, with the last one showing her hooked up to some sort of IV. “This is pretty much my everyday, every night for a few years now,” she admitted. “Social media is not real. For anyone struggling, please remember that.
Hadid admitted that for her, “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 said she’s had “enough breakdowns and burnouts” to learn that “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.