Gisele Bündchen Says She Cured Her Panic Attacks and ‘Severe’ Depression by Changing Diet

[hewontgo]

Gisele Bundchen is reflecting on her "long journey" to overcoming "severe" depression and anxiety when she was younger. https://t.co/HaNT2Qvgoz
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) March 22, 2024

Gisele Bündchen is reflecting on her long journey to overcoming severe depression and anxiety.
"I had no idea that it was correlated with my lifestyle, and food was a

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[peddlestools]

oh ffs

[lamppost1911]

I know ONTD doesn’t read but even the headline isn’t misleading. She said she used to drink, smoke and have coffee. Those are part of diet and diet def affects your mental health.

It’s not always true for everyone but I know drinking and caffeine make my panic attacks/anxiety worse.

[goldenhera]

The headline of this post is misleading though...

[umilicious]

/checks OP

Well, that tracks.

[komnene]

The advice is solid even though naturopaths are a joke.

[xtinkerbellax]

I mean, yea, alcohol and caffeine aren't great if you have anxiety. Sounds like it was more about taking out things like that. I feel like some people bristle at lifestyle advice for mental health because they take it as someone saying that's all you need to do (and some people do say that) but it's more about making changes like this in conjunction with any other treatment you might need.

[alwayspolaris]

When I read the headline I was like "oh god does she really think gluten, salt, etc. causes panic attacks or something", but really all of these things - sleeping enough, cutting alcohol and smoking where you can, eating enough and regularly - actually do get your body in a place where therapy or medical interventions can do the most good. Otherwise you're just undoing a lot of the benefits of those treatments.

I do get that too many people try to convince people they need one without the other though (like yoga/some fad diet in place of medical help, or conversely medication in place of quitting destructive habits), which is both naive and incredibly frustrating.

[lamppost1911]

All of this!

[sihaya09]

Yup! Lexapro was a huuuuuge step up for my anxiety attacks but also limiting caffeine, eating more protein, and forcing myself to go on walks were also really, really helpful.

[misoras]

Oh yeah it aligns with common medical advice NOW it must have been different then. It seems reasonable and doable, but will I do it? Meh.

[marzipanism]

No because this makes sense

She was a young model living off of cocaine, cigarettes and coffee. Plus the mental toll the modelling industry takes overall.

It's not a wild concept that actually eating, giving your body nutrients, getting 8 hours of sleep is going to make a huge difference lol

[marywebgirl]

And she was dating Leonardo DiCaprio. That’s not good for you either.

[steffi_333]

Especially when you know you have an expiry date once you hit 25

[marsdiamonds]

I think it was worse because people hadn't realise his pattern yet, and they dated for a long time, so she actually took him serious and wanted to get married, have kids...