Chrissy Teigen Reveals She Started Seeing A Therapist After The Quarantine
Known for her bestselling cookbooks, model Chrissy Teigen has a reputation for keeping it real on social Twitter. The popular social media personality recently announced that she and her husband singer John Legend were expecting their third child.
Teigen kept things transparent with her social media followers and fans about her pregnancy. Aside from that, she recently opened up about her mental health struggles, and how she learned to adapt to the unique challenges of participating in therapy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Teigen has been open with her fans, even sharing her experiences with postpartum depression after she had children. The star revealed that the signs of depression surfaced when she was a child, but she realized that she needed to do something about it after welcoming her daughter Luna.
“It was a sad existence. There were no highs,” she told Glamour UK back in Aug. She went on to reveal that she was a nervous, anxious kid and that anxiety didn't leave her even high school, and she was clueless about what she wanted to do with her life. Teigen grew up in Washington state with her parents.
She started seeing therapists, but then stopped thinking it was "normal twenty-something anxiety." Following the birth of her daughter Luna, Teigen felt her depression was a real thing and said she had taken herself off her own medicine.
Alluding to the birth of a daughter, the Lip Sync Battle star said she realized she was finally comfortable, knew exactly where she was headed in life, and there was no dearth of reason to be happy. Teigen admitted that she still has a tough time dealing with depression, noting that last month she would tell Legend that she knows deep down that she is happy.
She also admitted that sometimes reaching to her medication feels like lifting a 60kg dumbbell. Teigen has thankfully gotten better at knowing what she needs to do to help herself.
She admitted that she discovered ways to handle her depression, relying on her friends for daily support. Teigen spoke to Marie Claire earlier this month about how she is handling her depression during the quarantine.
During the interview, Teigen said that she only started seeing a therapist after the quarantine began. She admitted that she used to avoid it, make fun of the idea of seeing a therapist until she found the right person, noting that it changed her world.
Contrary to what people think, Teigen said she isn't tough but is an empath who takes on other people's pain and sadness as her own. She also revealed that she is hyperaware when she lets people down, realizing that people aren't going to be as hard on her as she is on herself, adding that it is good for her to take a break.