Chiara Ferragni on Instagram: ‘I go to the psychiatrist to overcome a trauma’ – Life

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The first to speak openly about mental health after the harsh period of quarantine was former first lady Michelle Obama who through her podcast told about the depression that hit her during the lockdown. This time it’s up to Chiara Ferragni that, like it or not, has shown over the years that it knows how to anticipate trends, not just those of the fashion system. With the means of which she is internationally recognized as absolute queen, the digital entrepreneur told on Instagram that for two years she has been treated by a psychiatrist and that she recently approached the psychotherapeutic method Emdr, focused on the treatment of trauma and emotionally stressful experiences.

Chiara Ferragni’s trauma dates back to a year and a half ago when, as she explained in a story, “I lost a loved one and I had a trauma linked to a memory with this person. Since I receive thousands of messages from girls who have been abused and need help, I wanted to advise them on the therapy I have undertaken. Although in my case the trauma is not related to abuse. I’ve been going to the psychiatrist for two years and I think it’s essential to get to know me better. Before leaving for the holidays, I had a first session of Emdr therapy. It is a therapy that serves to place the trauma in another part of the brain so that you feel less pain in remembering ”.

An intervention, that of Chiara Ferragni, which was particularly appreciated by Isabel Fernandez, president of the Emdr Italia association and president of Emdr Europe: “Asking for help is a way of preventing and making an effort to heal the wounds that some situations create. The Emdr is aimed precisely at this, on stressful or traumatic events. On Chiara Ferragni’s part there was an important opening, she described very well what our therapy does, that is to remove the negative emotional charge that remains after a trauma and help reactivate our innate capacity for processing information “.

When it comes to Chiara Ferragni, however, it is easy to fall into the trap of judgment, in those who have tiredly reacted thinking “So what? I’ve been in therapy for years ”or, even worse,“ the vastness of nothing that interests us ”, but the question in this case is deeper than the competition for the most caustic comment. Here we talk about break down an important taboo such as that related to mental health and to do so through the means that especially the younger ones recognize as closest.

Would be nice that for once a declaration by Chiara Ferragni did not trigger a national controversy, as it was for the recent ones statements about the death of young Willy, as it was for the visit to the Uffizi museum, or as it is every time the digital entrepreneur shares an opinion with her audience by throwing it at the hungry haters and clickbaiting sites.

It would be nice that in a delicate moment like the one we are experiencing, photographed by a alarm launched in recent days by psychiatrists gathered in the International Conference on issues related to suicide which speaks of an increase in disorders from March to today with 71 registered suicides and 46 attempts to take their own lives – an increase in all probability connected to Covid-19 – lmental health was being defended in every way. Even with an Instagram story.

“We must keep in mind that sometimes things happen that are foreign to us, such as bereavement, accidents, but also less dramatic life events such as the loss of a job, a separation, a family difficulty, a relationship that has become traumatic or painful. – explains Isabel Fernandez – for all these situations that have a strong effect from an emotional point of view is important to be able to ask for help. Otherwise these events can continue to have medium and long term consequences and affect our balance “.

For those interested in Emdr therapy, Fernandez recommends visiting the official website emdr.it remembering that it is a scientific society of trained and experienced psychotherapists recognized by the Ministry of Health, recommended by the WHO and awarded in 2018 by Mattarella with an honor of merit from the Italian Republic in particular for the work carried out following the earthquakes in L’Aquila and Amatrice, but later also with the collapse of the Genoa bridge and now with the support of doctors and health personnel engaged in the fight against Covid. “The trauma – he concludes – is something transversal to our life, the interesting aspect of the Emdr is that on the one hand it takes away the effects of traumatic events and on the other it strengthens the person in his skills, resilience and self-esteem“.

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