Kylie umaming dumaan sa matinding depresyon: Galit na galit ako!

Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, inamin ni Kylie Padilla na nakipaglaban din siya sa depresyon at mental illness.

Sa nakaraang World Mental Health Day nag-post ang misis ni Aljur Abrenica sa Instagram na hinding-hindi niya malilimutan ang pinagdaanan niya noong teeanger pa siya. Narito ang ilang bahagi ng kanyang IG post.

“During a time when things were so confusing and so traumatic these harmful words were being thrown around to try and silence and calm a very messy storm in our lives. And maybe it was just a quick and easy way of trying to pacify the situation, so that just became the resolution.

“You are just depressed. To the point where it felt like what I was feeling felt invalid and didn’t even matter enough to be heard or even discussed,” aniya.

“I remember feeling so angry when I heard anyone even say the word. That word almost instantly dehumanised me.

“At that time I didn’t understand what that word even really meant, but since that was my label, I guess that’s what I was?… It was only later that I began to understand how dangerous it was for the situation to be handled that way.

“During that time I was feeling emotions I did not yet understand, I did not know how to process them or work through them. So naturally I just kept silencing them until they came out in my behaviour,” hugot pa ni Kylie.

Ayon pa sa anak ni Robin Padilla, “It took a few years of denial, self pity, rebellion and breaking down of the ego for her me to realize that I needed help. And in a-lot of positive ways I’m proud of who I have become. But everyday takes work, patience and forgiveness,” aniya pa.

Payo naman niya sa lahat ng mga inaatake ng depresyon, “Be patient with yourself and understand that your emotions need to be heard, processed, and understood.

“If not by someone you love and trust, then by you. It takes empathy to allow space for healing, love and trust. If you cannot find it others, you must fight and learn to give it to yourself, you then learn to give it to someone else. You can do it,” dagdag pa ni Kylie.