In Sunday’s episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, model Kendall Jenner got about her struggles with anxiety and hypochondria, saying she has experienced anxiety since she was a child.
“There’s a lot that happened this past year, starting with like, Kim’s robbery,” Jenner said on the show. “Then I got robbed, and I had my stalkers. That’s why I don’t really like going out anymore. That’s why I don’t tweet, that’s why I don’t Instagram. That gives me anxiety, too. I swear, it’s the craziest thing.”
There are numerous triggers for anxiety as well as methods to alleviating it, as it depends on the person struggling with it. As for Kendall, in the show, Kris Jenner explains her daughter’s anxiety is at its worst during fashion week or when Kendall’s traveling for work.
Fortunately, gearing up for Milan fashion week, Kendall found different ways to cope with her stress, like sound bathing, acupuncture and meditation, which she said has “helped in the past for sure.”
“Anxiety is all mental, so you have to try and find your ways around it,” the model explained. “I try and maintain it, but sometimes it’s out of your control. But I think I’m very blessed to be in the situation I’m in, and every year that I do fashion months it gets a little bit easier. It’s really exciting. I still look forward to it every year.”
I’m proud of Kendall Jenner for openly talking about her experience with anxiety. Whether you’re a fan of the Kardashians or not, it’s important to destroy the stigma surrounding mental health by being honest and open around this sort of subject.