Kourtney Kardashian posted an essay on her app about being anxious and combatting the effects with workouts. Many outlets are saying are mentioning “anxiety” in their titles but I don’t know if (and Kourtney does not say) she has been diagnosed with the disorder or if she is talking about the kind of anxiety many of us feel in times of stress. In the post, she speaks to how bad her anxiety got after her split with Scott Disick. Like most of us, this kind of stress has a physical affect on her:
“Everyone deals with hard times in their lives differently. I’m generally not a nervous person but I get anxious. I also get nauseated; I feel like I can’t eat when it is really bad, but I force myself to stay healthy,” the mom of three penned in a blog post on her app this week. “… When my anxiety is extreme, it feels like my body is constantly burning calories all day long.”
“One thing I’ve found that really helps is working out. Of course, when I’m having an anxious day, my workout is so much harder. But that’s when it feels good to power through it! I try to exercise 5 days a week,” Kourtney continued. “My anxiety is always worse in the mornings so that’s when I schedule my workouts. I usually start with a quick run or jumping rope to warm up.”
“When I was pregnant with Reign [Disick], I knew that I was going to go hard at working out afterwards. I couldn’t wait to feel strong and in shape again,” the 36-year-old wrote. “I didn’t know that I would be going through a breakup and just an overall crazy year.”
Last year was pretty rough for Kourtney; I can’t fault her here. I run for both mental and physical benefits. I was out this morning in the (FINALLY!) rain, leaping over insta-puddles like a crazy person just to clear my mind. I differ from her on working out when anxious, though. When I am really bedeviled, I pump up the Rocky theme and tear up the asphalt. The reality of that scenario may differ but in my head, I am on fire. I imagine the pressure for her to lose weight post baby number 3 was tremendous. Adding the collapse of her 9-year relationship with said baby’s father to the mix and I think I would have short-circuited. So I am happy that working out provided a release for her.
And it looks like she gets to work this out alone. According to Page Six, no member of her loving and supportive family cares if she and Scott get back together, they don’t even think about it. This might explain the Justin Bieber thing.
Here is the Instagram she posted in support of her essay. This is how I sit post-workout too. Only my legs don’t bend that way so they are more out in front of me. And I don’t have a walk-in closet so I have to sit in the hallway. And I am generally tired so I am not so much sitting as lying down. Okay, I fall asleep in the hallway and The Progeny occasionally trip over me on their way to find snacks.
I post this one because I should be the owner of this suit:
Photos credit: WENN and FameFlynet Pictures
She’s gorgeous. Love her.
She’s really beautiful. As much as it pains me to say that I have something in common with a Kardashian, I so much relate to what she says here. I battle anxiety and use running/working out for therapy/stress-relief. I also have trouble eating when I’m stressed out or sad. It can get out of hand really quickly though so I hope she’s being safe.
Me too Kitten, hill hiking is my therapy, and is really the one thing I need to do in the silence of the morning to remain cool throughout the day.
I also am a puker. If I’m stressed, or going trough an anxiety filled time feeling nausea is the first thing that occurs, and sometimes, in the more emotionally wrought moments in my life, I might even actually get sick.
I definitely wear my emotions inside of my physicality. It’s also what makes me an empath and probably why I was driven to becoming a postpartum doula. I do tons of work with new mothers suffering from anxiety and postpartum depression.
Same here. When I was teaching full time, I’d lose weight all throughout the school year from anxiety induced appetite loss and stomach aches. It was awful.
I work out and do yoga to ease anxiety as much as I do them for the physical benefits. Finally in the last 5 years I have been able to eat normally and feel and look so much healthier.
Her life under the microscope of her family’s dubious fame can’t be easy. She seems like the least interested of all of them in being in the spotlight.
I don’t like any of them, but I dislike Kourtney the least.
Only way that works for me to relieve stress is to run or bike. If still feeling stress I lose my hunger. If it goes too long unchecked the hunger feels like comfort and eating feels wrong. It’s about knowing your ticks and limits. I hope she has a solid grip on this. It’s so easy to find yourself too far in.
Little Darling
Very noble work!
I am a nervous person and running is the only thing that relaxes me. Good for her for finding a healthy outlet to calm her nerves.
I’m exactly like her in that respect. Maybe it’s a petite women thing. I can’t force a bite down when I’m having the sads or anxiety. Last spring after a tragedy in my family, I couldn’t even look at food until very late at night. Like her, I have kids and you have to stay strong, be tough, so you plow through it somehow. She’s right though, exercise does burn off the anxiety, you can feel it leaving your body. I have something in common with a Kardashian, I’m sad. JK, of them all Kourtney seems the most real.
Ha! I said something similar above before I saw your comment. I’m also ashamed that what she said here made me hate her less.
Kitten: Nothing to be ashamed of. We’re all human and have frailties. Running or going to the gym is great therapy for anxiety. Nothing will change if you lay in bed and eat bon bons, although that could be fun for a day or two. Gotta be strong to stay strong and you and I are for real!
I think her anxiety is more do to the stress than anything else. I totally understand it. When I was 22, my dad was diagnosed with cancer. My mom chose not to put him in a hospital (hospice was not a thing at that time – 1975) and it was stressful. I was put on Valium to help. I lost a lot of weight because of the stress. I hope she gets it together for her children’s sake and if she truly has been diagnosed with anxiety that she is getting help for it.
I feel for the kids. Oversharing, creating plot lines, and constantly taking selfies and being completely absorbed in one’s looks is not a healthy to live. There are positive ways to feel better — being obsessed with your looks and getting your picture taken is not one of them.
+1 Josephine. Couldn’t agree anymore.
SWAK: Oh she will. These people go to specialists when they can go to a drug store. She will be fine. It’s the Scott situation, I’m sure. Sorry about your dad, had to be rough. I haven’t heard about valium in ages. I don’t think they prescribe it like they used to.
Their reality lives are so scripted, it’s hard to take things seriously. But hitting a certain age, having babies, with someone, and him leaving to club and bang young girls would really suck. So yeah, good for her, I wish I had those exercise impulses instead of wanting to just sleep when shit hits the fan. lol
He has done this with every baby she has had. So it should be nothing new to her. Wanting him to grow up is expected but he has shown no desire to become a responsible adult where family is concerned.
But its harder to see that reality while you are in the relationship. I’ve been in a similar situation where the guy is committed just enough and persuasive just enough to think he wants it bad enough to change, but then he messes up. Afdd in kids and the desire to believe this time is different is exponential.
Yeah they had problems even before Mason was born. I think she just wanted kids and for them all to have the same father. Scott has been the same way since literally the beginning of the show (how much of that is scripted, I don’t know). I don’t feel sorry for Kourtney. She knew what she was getting into and used him as much as he used her. I only feel sorry for those kids. Kourtney knew all along she wasn’t going to marry Scott and that he probably wouldn’t be around much. She didn’t care as she was being selfish. This whole “sympathy” storyline is just for their show. I feel sorry for none of the Kardashian/Jenners. They are beyond fake.
I guess I wonder how much of the characterizations are just exaggerated though for tv. Like Scott is characterized as a partier who didn’t want the babies, but how do you end up with 3? It kinda makes me wonder if they took the party boy image he has, and exaggerated it and in reality, the truth is a little less pronounced. Like maybe these two had a more solid relationship than previously imagined or something and like most relationships, it just failed at some point.
I hate to say it but most of her problems she created herself.
Having baby after baby with an addict is never a good idea.
Especially when he didn’t want any more kids (of course, he should have used protection instead of… whatever…)
Cue the “I’m afraid Kourtney will get anorexia” plot line.
I wish I could trade my emotional eating with stress-exercising. I’d lose the 150 pounds I need to lose…
My life last year was so stressful it just became a habit. a horrible one.
When I got introduced to the Kardashians, I liked Khloe the best, but these days I like Kourtney. Sure, she’s moody and weirdly monotone about everything and everyone, but she seems like she does this just because she HAS to. Of course, for the lavish lifestyle and the money, but she doesn’t seem to milk it like her sisters. And I find her refreshingly pretty – being that she SEEMS to be the least tweaked of them all.
So, good for her.
I used to suffer from debilitating anxiety. I was a puker. I still get it but nothing like I used to
it is so hard for me to choke down food when i am dealing with extreme anxiety as well – – particularly through a breakup, while parenting. I understand.
I feel her pain here too. I’m all of 5ft 3in & I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. When I go through bad flare ups & stress my appetite shuts down. I’ve seen my weight down to 98lbs which is very unhealthy & of course comes along with the “oh you’re so skinny” “you need to eat” “are you anorexic” comments. Fortunately with the loving patient help of my husband I have learned ways to maintain better but I won’t lie, when my weight dips the comments can hurt.
I can’t either either when I am sad or anxious. I have to force myself to eat sometimes. I can relate to this.
its time to re-think her ‘bitchface’ looks, cuz it aint workin.
shes SO much prettier when she smiles.
all of them are (everyone is)
wth.
As the proud owner of a resting bitch face I couldn’t disagree with you more. I don’t owe anyone a smile that doesn’t deserve it. And especially not because it makes me “prettier.”
Gross.
She’s the only normal one that people can relate to on some level. I like that she is private and always puts her kids first. For that she will always have my respect. Your suit comment made me spit out my coffee!! Lol!!!
I’m the same way! I’m not an anxious person, nor do I ever really feel sad or depressed but when I am anxious for positive or negative reasons I absolutely can not eat. It has a lot to do with a permanent nauseated feeling but I also notice I don’t get any physical hunger cues like that empty stomach feeling, stomach growls, etc. Even the smell of food doesn’t trigger any physical hunger or emotional appetite. Go figure.
I’ve had that recently in the last few months and been depressed and anxious, no physical hunger cues it scared me and really made me anxious (still have it now to be honest). Was worrying it was just me who had it!
It’s so strange to see her next to the other Kardashians. You can see signs of age and actual human-like face movement. I actually believe she hasn’t messed with her face since she has been basically non-stop pregnant or nursing. I’m sure that she can’t wait to debut her 2.0 face next year though.
I have to admit hate-watching their stupid show in the past, and hers and Scott’s plotlines always seemed so, so scripted. I think that’s why she come across as so monotone; she’s just a terrible actress. BUT, I do also think he is an addict. One, he’s not that good of an actor. His “drunk” scenes were outrageous. Two, he looks absolutely terrible, and he’s only in his early 30s. You can’t fake that.
Enjoy it while you can, honey.
Starvation only looks good on the young.
She truly suffers from debilitating anxiety and nausea. It might cause paranoia. The cruel treatment of people is a way to hide it. We see the shocking consequences of her debilitating anxiety soon enough. There is very little sympathy for her because of what she does.