{"id":137353,"date":"2025-11-17T04:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/137353\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T04:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:12:15","slug":"the-medical-anxiety-is-soooooo-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/137353\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Medical Anxiety Is Soooooo Real&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bella Hadid is getting candid about her ongoing battle with chronic illness<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an Instagram Stories post, Bella opened up about her &#8220;medical anxiety&#8221; and the &#8220;daily situations&#8221; she deals with<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bella was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2012, at the age of 16<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bella Hadid is getting real about her ongoing battle with chronic illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The model, 28, shared two posts related to her struggles with Lyme disease on her Instagram Stories on Nov. 14. The first, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQUXPNEAB6I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:meme;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">meme<\/a> with the text &#8220;When your chronic illness is chronic illness-ing and someone says &#8216;it&#8217;s always something with you&#8217; like&#8230; yes&#8230; one might say the illness is&#8230; chronic,&#8221; was shared without comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the second post, a re-share from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexandrawildeson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:influencer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">influencer<\/a> Alexandra Wildeson about the &#8220;duality&#8221; of chronic illness, Hadid opened up about her &#8220;medical anxiety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The medical anxiety is soooooo real,&#8221; Bella wrote over the post. &#8220;Thank you for putting every one of my thoughts and daily situations into one swipe. The truuuuuth! @alexandrawildeson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Bella Hadid\/ Alexandra Cain Wildeson\/Instagram Bella Hadid's Instagram Stories\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"270\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/df0a0798e160927015d22252c398b009.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bella Hadid\/ Alexandra Cain Wildeson\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Bella Hadid&#8217;s Instagram Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hadid has struggled with her health in recent months. In September, she <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bella-hadid-shares-photos-from-hospital-bed-on-instagram-i-love-you-guys-11812464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shared<\/a> photos from a hospital bed as she underwent treatment for Lyme. In the images, Hadid could be seen hooked up to IV bags.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I\u2019m sorry I always go MIA I love you guys,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bella-hadid-wears-dainty-lace-white-slips-bridal-coded-photo-shoot-11758302\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hadid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hadid<\/a> wrote in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOtNQJ5jf74\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0caption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Days later, she shared photos of herself walking on a treadmill, on her &#8220;first day in the gym in a long time!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Just walking but still! Getting my stamina back,&#8221;\u00a0she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shortly after her visit to the hospital, Bella <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bella-hadid-saint-laurent-runway-paris-fashion-week-runway-following-lyme-disease-treatment-11819584\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:walked the runway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">walked the runway<\/a> for Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That same month, in September, Yolanda <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/yolanda-hadid-talks-seeing-bella-hadid-suffer-disease-11812785\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shared<\/a> her &#8220;helplessness&#8221; in seeing Bella &#8220;struggle in silence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAs you will understand, watching my Bella struggle in silence has cut the deepest core of hopelessness inside me,&#8221; Yolanda wrote on Instagram. She praised her daughter&#8217;s strength, calling her a &#8220;warrior,&#8221; and described the experience as an &#8220;unknown hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hadid was first <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-bella-hadid-lyme-disease-diagnosis-11812819\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:diagnosed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">diagnosed<\/a> with Lyme disease in 2012, at age 16, alongside her mother, Yolanda Hadid, and brother Anwar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Throughout the years, Hadid has dealt with severe joint pain, anxiety, brain fog, extreme tiredness and other symptoms, which her mother, former\u00a0The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u00a0star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/yolanda-hadid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yolanda Hadid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Yolanda Hadid<\/a>, told PEOPLE can &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/the-weeknd-knows-to-leave-it-alone-when-bella-hadid-is-suffering-from-lyme-disease-symptoms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:bring you to your knees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">bring you to your knees<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There are rough days when you sleep 12 hours, you wake up at 11 and you can\u2019t get out of bed, with severe joint pain, brain fog, anxiety,&#8221; Yolanda shared at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, Hadid said that she was &#8220;finally healthy&#8221; after undergoing 100 days of &#8220;intense treatment&#8221; for the disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Almost 15 years of invisible suffering, was all worth it if I\u2019m able to, God willing, have a lifetime of spreading love from a full cup, and being able to truly be myself, For the first time ever,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bella-hadid-opens-up-about-chronic-illness-11850261\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Bella Hadid is getting candid about her ongoing battle with chronic illness In an Instagram&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[85359,21420,24316,163,521,85,19672,46,22248,10842],"class_list":{"0":"post-137353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-alexandra-cain","9":"tag-bella-hadid","10":"tag-chronic-illness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-healthcare","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-instagram-stories","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-lyme-disease","17":"tag-yolanda-hadid"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}