Celebrity Life

Heart Evangelista says her depression led to physical pain

By Dianara Alegre

Published On: November 23, 2020, 06:59 PM

Queen of Creative Collaborations Heart Evangelista bared that she experienced extreme anxiety and depression that even led to some physical pains.

Heart told GMANetwork.com that her major attack occurred last year.

“My major attack started to happen last year. Early in November, but my birthday (February 14) was my peak.

“The week after my birthday usually is the best time of your life, but it was the peak where I honestly started to think about my life and what I wanted to do with it,” she said.

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Due to severe anxiety, which later resulted to depression, the actress shared that she had experienced several physical pains.

“I was having really bad thoughts because my anxiety and depression was so bad that I had physical pains, I had my mouth pain, tongue pain that I couldn't eat and there was no medicine for it.

“My hands, my toes were numb, and I would even twitch uncontrollably. I didn't know that that was all because of extreme anxiety,” she added.

The fashion icon also shared that she sought medical help from eight different specialists.

“I looked for doctors that I can talk to. I went to eight doctors. I went to a general surgeon, an oncologist, neurologist, and then I went to a therapist.

“The therapist told me that when you are an overly active person or sometimes you're very creative, your mind doesn't really shut down, it keeps working. So, sometimes that causes you to have depression or anxiety,” she added.

Meanwhile, Heart Evangelista gave a talk about mental health at the recently concluded international event Global Town Hall 2020, where she spoke about the need to normalize conversations about mental health to overcome fear and break the stigma.