Kapuso actress Kylie Padilla revealed in her Instagram post how she dealt with depression when she was younger and how she was able to overcome it.
In her post, Kylie shared her experience and how she experienced a “confusing” and “traumatic” moment in the past which affected her emotions and behavior.
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She wrote: “When I was a teenager, alot of the people responsible for my well being always labelled me as ‘depressed’ among other things. 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.
“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. It took some few years of denial, self pity, rebellion and breaking down of the ego for me to realise that I was in need of some healing from a past that wasn’t handled so well.”
Kylie then shared how proud she is of how she was able to deal with that phase in her life, saying: “And in a-lot of positive ways I’m proud of who I have become. But everyday takes work, patience and forgiveness. That is what I want to share with you, be patient with yourself. 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. 🌙 happy late #mentalhealthawareness day. We got this ✨”
Kylie is currently pregnant with her second child with Aljur Abrenica. They have a son named Alas.
(Photo source: Instagram – @kylienicolepadilla)
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