In honour of May’s Mental Health Awareness Month, Hailey Bieber opens up about her mental health in a new video posted to her YouTube channel.

 

“There are several things I like to do to check in with myself.  One of those things being able to talk to somebody you trust,” she explained in the video.  That someone is her therapist, who’s been a part of her life for the last four years.  However, Hailey admitted that she ‘wasn’t initially open to the idea of therapy.’

 

 

 

 

 

“It’s something that I felt not sure of in the beginning, but the more I’ve grown, my relationship with my therapist, it has been such a game changer for me and it’s a space where I feel really safe to be able to talk about what’s going on in my mind, say things out loud and feel safe and not feel judged.  I have a really hard time admitting when I’m going through a hard time, and the older that I get I’m learning and still developing being able to be really vulnerable and open instead of trying to have it all together all the time,” she shares.

Although Hailey agrees that ‘despite social media being a beautiful tool for connecting with people,’ it’s become ‘taxing on her mental health,’ “I’m somebody who struggles with people-pleasing and really wanting everybody to like me and caring a lot about what people have to say and what they think.  I’m just in a space where I’m trying to have the healthiest relationship with social media that I possibly can.”

 

 

 


 

It was back in 2019 Hailey first opened up about her struggles with anxiety with Glamour, “I admire people coming forward and talking about [anxiety]. We all struggle with it.  I think there’s been this stigma around it for so long. People look at celebrities who are famous or successful and think they have it all together. Like, they have such an insane career, or they make so much money, that they should be happy. But it’s really kind of the opposite.”

She adds, “People would ask me, ‘How are you?’ and I’d be like, ‘I’m fine; I’m good.’ But really I’d be crying in my hotel room all night. You just have to be honest that life sucks sometimes. It’s hard. Things are difficult. I just think the more we are open about it, the more we can help people find solutions.”

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