Lili Reinhart is opening up about her struggles withbody dysmorphic disorder— and the rude responses she’s hearing from some people online.
“Mental illness gets worse when people say that you don’t have a right to feel the way you do,” she continued in aseparate Tweet. “Do not encourage this behavior. It is destructive. More destructive than you’ll ever realize. You may not understand someone’s insecurity – but respect it.”
Reinhart has spoken extensively about body positivity in the past, calling outCosmopolian‘sPhilippines edition forslimming down photosof her and costarCamila Mendesin March and slamming thehurtful pregnancy rumorsthat emerged after some“unflattering” photosof herself popped up in May.
The actress also believes that there’s ahypocrisy surrounding body positivitythat starts on social media.
“The most-followed people on Instagram are skinny people who have abs, long legs, silky hair and filled-in eyebrows,”she recently told HarpersBazaar.com. “But then people really love when I say, ‘It’s OK to not have a 24-inch waist and it’s OK to have pimples.’ But those same people are praising the people with images of flawless everything. Which side are you on?”
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Reinhart also told the outlet that her own self-esteem issues started when she was 16, and her metabolism started to slow down. “It’s like, ‘Oh, I’m not going to be a little skinny teenager forever,” she remarked.
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Additionally, the actress — who wasdiagnosed with depressionat age 14 — also makes a point of talking openly about her mental health, having previously revealed that booking her role onRiverdaleended “the worst depression I had ever experienced.”
“Let’s talk about [depression] like it actually is,” she said to HarpersBazaar.com. “It’s a very real thing, a day-to-day thing, not just you sitting in a dark room alone. It’s something that comes in all shapes and colors and all different scenarios, all different types of people.”
“When I do conventions, and I can meet fans one on one, they tell me, ‘You speaking about mental health has really helped me a lot.’ It’s very surreal,” she added.
source: people.com
