Bella Hadid's crying selfies are 'useful' for anxiety, says psychologist

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Bella Hadid has revealed that sharing crying selfies has helped her to deal with 'excruciating' depressive episodes. Back in November, she shared a slideshow of the vulnerable moments with her 48 million followers on Instagram, and she has now opened up on why she took the photos. "My mom or my doctor would ask how I was and instead of having to respond in text, I would just send them a photo… I was never able to explain how I was feeling," she explained to the Wall Street Journal magazine. "It was the easiest thing for me to do at the time because I was never able to explain how I was feeling." The 25 year old model shared why releasing the photos online was a positive decision. "When I posted them, it was to make sure that anybody that was feeling that way knew it was okay to feel that way… Even though on Instagram things look so beautiful, at the end of the day, we are all cut from the same cloth," said Bella. "I felt like it was good for me to be able to speak my truth and at some point I wasn’t able to post nice pretty pictures anymore.

I was over it." Sign up for the BEST celebrity house tours and BIGGEST exclusive interviews Download OK! magazine's FREE app and get all the gossip straight to your phone She's not the only celebrity who has chosen to share photos of their less picture perfect moments online.

Vicky Pattison and Drew Barrymore have also partaken in the 'trend'. While, Mrs Hinch posted a video of herself crying after reading cruel comments from trolls.

A-List psychologist Dr Richard Reid, who’s worked with CEOs, celebrities and even royalty explained, "There can be a lot of value in sharing how we're feeling, and photos can be particularly useful when we can't fully articulate with words the thoughts.