Kendall Jenner has opened up about her struggles with anxiety in a brand-new video series in collaboration with Vogue.
The first episode went live on YouTube today and features a conversation with herself and Dr. Ramani Durvasula — a professor of psychology and clinical psychologist.
Kicking off the series, the 25-year-old model, said: "I am very aware of my anxieties. I don't like the pity party, I don't like talking about when I don't feel too well.
"I am a little nervous. Just being kinda open about what I struggle with, and making it known to other people, is a bit nerve-wracking."
Taking it back to the early 2000s, she looked back on her childhood and was able to pinpoint moments where she felt anxious as a kid.
“I remember being really young, I’d say like 8, 9, 10, around that time and having shortness of breath and going to mum and telling her that. In hindsight, now I know that is obviously anxiety,” she added.
After a lot of self-reflect, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star shared what pushed her boundaries just a little too far.
"I think being overworked and being in the situation that I'm in now is kinda what set it out of control in a way.
"I've had times where I feel like I need to be rushed to the hospital because I think that my heart's failing and I can't breathe, and I need someone to help me.
"Sometimes I think I'm dying — sometimes parts of my body will go numb, and it can be really, yeah, intense and scary.”
Kendall also admitted to being apprehensive of what the public may say about her struggles, as she is very aware of her lavish lifestyle.
"There is going to be those people that say, 'Oh OK, what does she have to worry about, what does she have to be anxious about?'
"I'll never sit here and say that I'm not fortunate. I know I live a very privileged, amazing lifestyle — I'm a very blessed girl.
Then pointing to her brain, she added: "I still have one of these, you know what I mean?"
"And that thing up there sometimes doesn't always...I don't know, it's not always happy, and it's not always connecting, and I'm still a human being at the end of the day.
"No matter what someone has or doesn't have, it doesn't mean that they don't have real-life feelings and emotions."
When talking about life post-pandemic, Kendall said: “We’ve all been super isolated where I’m almost like, so used to that now. But now things are slowly opening up, if I go to a dinner or see a few more of my friends that I’m used to seeing in this past year, that gives me anxiety."
The influencer’s work with Vogue will be a four-part series that features discussions with professional doctors about mental health issues.
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