{"id":2908,"date":"2023-09-07T12:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.businessupturn.com\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2023-09-07T12:15:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:15:46","slug":"is-whitney-port-suffering-from-depression-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/is-whitney-port-suffering-from-depression-heres-what-we-know\/2908\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Whitney Port Suffering From Depression? Here\u2019s What We Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whitney Port responded to persistent questions about her weight by claiming to have consulted a specialist who believes the Hills alum is actually dealing with sadness rather than an eating disorder.<\/p>\n

Port, 38, said on her podcast With Whit\u2019s episode from last Tuesday that she just saw a \u201cnutritionist\/psychiatrist\u201d who had been suggested to her by her closest friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy best friend, Andrea, was concerned about me, but she didn\u2019t say anything until I said something on my social media,\u201d Port said, alluding to an Instagram post where she recognised that readers \u2014 as well as her husband Tim Rosenman \u2014 raised worries that she was \u201ctoo thin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Port claims that the therapist believes that Port may not have an eating issue but instead has \u201cneurovegetative depression,\u201d which is characterised by lethargy and \u201cnot necessarily making things a priority when they actually are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neurovegetative symptoms, according to the National Institute of Health, are related to \u201csleep and appetite\/weight.\u201d The mother of 6-year-old Sonny admitted to using antidepressants and expressed suspicions that depression may run in the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople in my family weren\u2019t technically diagnosed, but I have heard and seen behaviours that exhibit some depression so I feel like that is a little bit innately in me.\u201d She also mentioned that her difficulties may be caused by \u201cenvironmental\u201d issues.<\/p>\n

The therapist said \u201cThere\u2019s being on TV at a young age, your dad passing, your aunt committing suicide, dealing with mom\u2019s depression and sadness since dad passing, multiple miscarriages. There\u2019s a lot of environmental challenges that I think have made me feel the way I feel: just a little bit depressed, just a little bit down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Port, who debuted on The Hills at age 21, has stayed honest about the difficulties she and her family have faced. She has also talked about looking into surrogacy to grow her family after suffering many miscarriages.<\/p>\n

Port claims that the therapist\u2019s initial diagnosis \u201creally made sense to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like on paper everything is great,\u201d the designer said. \u201cI\u2019m so happy, I really am. I have a beautiful marriage, a beautiful son, a beautiful house, like, food on my table, I get to travel, I mostly love my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018What is the issue?\u2019 And I think it\u2019s just all these underlying things that have slowly chipped away at some self-confidence, added to a little bit of what is in me [with my family\u2019s history]. And I think that\u2019s what\u2019s affecting my weight, and my food intake, and I feel empowered because I don\u2019t think that I have an eating disorder, and she didn\u2019t think that I had an eating disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis stuff is serious,\u201d Port says. \u201cI am taking control. I am seeing the situation for what it is, and I don\u2019t want people to worry about me\u2026I am working on it, and I don\u2019t believe it to be as big of an issue as it was made to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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