Former Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach expressed her honest thoughts and sentiments as she opened up about her mental health condition during her reign.
In her first ever ‘TED talk’ that she posted on her YouTube channel, Pia talked about her personal life as she shared some of her experiences when she was still young. Pia also revealed that she was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and major depression.
“Maybe from afar it did look perfect, but the reality was far from it. What people saw after my reign was a Cinderella story and a happy ending. But I was struggling even more inside. What happens is when you win Miss Universe, you’re usually given a psychiatrist because you need that. When your life is suddenly changed overnight, you need help. Specially for me, with thousands of people sending me death threats…” Pia shared.
“It was during those sessions when I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and major depression. All of the pain and suffering I endured during my life caught up to me and manifested itself in an ugly self-destructive way…” Pia added.
According to Pia, she never acknowledged that she was sad and she put her personal feelings aside. She shared that she did her best to fulfil her duties as Miss Universe despite her struggle on her mental health. Pia later on revealed that she became anorexic and she admitted that she ‘abused alcohol’.
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