Tallulah Willis took to social media on Tuesday to update her followers on her ongoing recovery from an eating disorder.
The actress, 29, shared a trio of images: one of herself in a sweater; one of a text message exchange; and another of a fruit platter with grapes and sliced melon.
The youngest daughter of Demi Moore, 60, and Bruce Willis, 69 – who’s said that she has been at the end of nasty remarks online directed at her appearance – captioned the post with a trigger warning.
She wrote: ‘~TW: ED pre-recovery image~ I love her. And I love her, and I see how courageous she’s been. steady on the course my bbs.’
Tallulah added the hashtags #edrecovery and #iloveme to her post.
The latest: Tallulah Willis, 29, took to social media on Tuesday to update her followers on her ongoing recovery from an eating disorder
The Stars on Mars personality opened up about battling an eating disorder and body dysmorphia in a May 31 article for Vogue.
‘For the last four years, I have suffered from anorexia nervosa, which I’ve been reluctant to talk about because, after getting sober at age 20, restricting food has felt like the last vice that I got to hold on to,’ Tallulah said.
Tallulah said that at the age of 25, she entered a residential treatment facility in Malibu to deal with both the eating disorder and depression she had been living with.
‘It was a largely therapeutic experience; for the first time, I grieved the 15-year-old misfit me, the ugly duckling,’ she said. ‘I was also diagnosed with ADHD and started on stimulant medication, which was transformative.
‘I felt smart for the first time, but I also started to enjoy the appetite-suppressant side effect of the meds. I saw a way to banish the awkward adolescent in favor of a flighty little pixie.
Tallulah said that ‘like so many people with eating disorders, [her] sense of myself went haywire.’
She said that ‘the beginning of losing weight rapidly’ leads to a sense of ‘unhealthy deliciousness.’
Tallulah said, ‘People are like, “Oh wow!” And then quickly it turns to, “Are you okay?” My friends and family were terrified, and I dismissed it. They’d say, “Is this the ADHD medication?”‘
Tallulah shared another shot of a fruit platter with grapes and sliced melon
The youngest daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis was pictured at a June 1 event in LA
Tallulah said that she was ‘very protective’ of her medication and ‘rationalized it’ by reminding herself how it improved her focus.
‘An eating disorders therapist would tell me later, the smaller you are, the bigger you fee,’ she said. ‘How twisted is that?’
She said that by spring of last year, she weighed 84 pounds and was dealing with significant health complications as a result.
‘I was always freezing,’ she said. ‘I was calling mobile IV teams to come to my house, and I couldn’t walk in my Los Angeles neighborhood because I was afraid of not having a place to sit down and catch my breath.’
She said that she was subsequently treated at the Texas-based center Driftwood Recovery – where she had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder – before leaving the facility in a better state of mind.
‘I felt a lot better,’ Tallulah said. ‘I realized that what I wanted more than harmony with my body was harmony with my family – to no longer worry them, to bring a levity to my sisters and my parents. An emaciated body wouldn’t do that. I had felt the weight of people worrying about me for years, and that put me on my knees.’
Tallulah said that amid reminders of the worst times of her earing disorder, her treatment has guided her to move forward.
‘Most of my clothes are too small now, and in the morning, as I go through my closet, I have to resist the temptation to linger on that and urge myself to move on,’ she said.
The body positive celeb was pictured in a swimsuit on social media last month
Tallulah said that she has been working toward being there for her family. Pictured in 2019 in LA (L-R) Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah
Tallulah said that she has been working toward being there for her family, in particular her father Bruce Willis amid his ongoing battle with dementia.
‘Recovery is probably lifelong, but I now have the tools to be present in all facets of my life, and especially in my relationship with my dad,’ she said.
People who are living with eating disorders should contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) at 1-800-931-2237 or go to NationalEatingDisorders.org. If you or someone close to you is in need of mental health assistance, please text ‘STRENGTH’ to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741.
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