One of the world’s most famous super models and a fashion icon in her own right is also a mental health advocate. She created her own non-alcoholic beverage brand, Kin Euphorics, because she’s got real about her relationship with alcohol, as well as about her life-long struggle with anxiety.
She talked about her experience navigating mental health in the fashion industry and her struggle with disassociation from a young age in her latest cover interview.
She told i-D that she thought it was normal for her to have chronic anxiety and not knowing who she was. Whether it was eating disorders or smoking a pack of Marlboros since the age of fourteen, I was like, ‘Oh, this is what all of the kids are doing’
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According to Mind, disassociation is a feeling of being disconnected from yourself and the world around you. You may feel detached from your body or the world around you is not real. Between a few hours and days or even weeks and months is when the brain responds to trauma and stress with dissociation.
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When she entered the fashion industry, her mental health issues became more severe. I was so out of shape that I was disassociating so much during that time. I didn’t know what people saw of me. I still see comments on social media when I sit on the couch, and wonder if they are talking about me. I don’t understand how people appreciate my work or know who I am.
She noted that her early struggles are now helped by mental health treatment. I might have been trying to figure out why I felt that way. All I needed was therapy, in reality.
On her mental health journey, we are sending love and kindness.