Tallulah Willis opens up about ugly issues that led to rehab
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Tallulah has opened up about the issues which prompted her to seek rehab treatment last year (14), revealing an old photo of herself made her think she was "hideous".
The 20 year old checked into a clinic in July to deal with reported alcohol and drug abuse problems, and Willis now reveals her body image issues led to her problems.
In a candid new interview with Teen Vogue she explains, "A switch
flipped. I was in a New York hotel room when I was 13... looking at
a photo of myself online. I broke down in tears as I started to
read the comments.
"I thought, 'I am a hideous, disgusting-looking person. I might be
nice and I might be kind, but I'm a really unattractive human
being'. It wasn't about the anonymous cyberbullies - I became my
own worst critic."
Willis explains her issues grew into depression and her older
sister, Scout, eventually convinced her to seek treatment.
She continues, "In college the depression became overwhelming. I
didn't sleep or want to talk to anyone, nothing seemed to have a
point, the world lost its color and food lost its taste. I was so
removed from my body and from my mind that it was like I was living
in a cardboard replica of what life should be.
"(Scout) forced me to see what I was doing. I knew I needed to go
take care of myself."
Tallulah spent 45 days in treatment and is now sober, explaining,
"I'm now 20 years old, and I can say that I'm getting to that place
where I'm starting to feel OK with myself, bit by bit. It's not
night and day - it's not like now I completely love myself and I
have no problems. That isn't how it works. But there are the
starting points of that, and that's really exciting. I'm growing
every day and breaking old patterns."