On World Mental Health Day Reese Witherspoon‘s daughter Ava Filip talks about her personal mental health journey.
The 25-year-old took to social media on Thursday, October 10, to post a video via Instagramspeaking about the challenges she faced with mental health.
“On this #worldmentalhealthday, @kidsmentalhealthfoundation and I would like to ask you to ‘Take 5’ for children’s mental health by spending 5 minutes (or more!) checking in and spending time with a child in your life,” wrote Phillippe at the message. “You might be surprised at the difference just 5 minutes can make to their mental health – and yours! Click the link in my bio or visit kidsmentalhealthfoundation.org for more information. 🧠🩵”
“Beautifully said,” proud mother Witherspoon, 48, responded in the comments section in a show of support. (Witherspoon shares Ava and son Deacon, 20, with ex-husband Ryan Filip. Witherspoon is also mother to 9-year-old son Tennessee, whom she shares with her ex-husband Jim Toth.)
In the video, Ava explained the importance of being honest and open about mental health, revealing that she herself had wanted to become a therapist for a long time, and that her love of therapy is a direct result of the impact therapists have on her had. . She added that mental health professionals have “really changed my life.”
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“We all need to take the time to look at those who matter most to us and how they are feeling, especially those who are a little earlier in their journey,” she noted. “It’s important to get these things out in the open and talk about how you feel, even if it doesn’t make sense, even if it feels stupid or weird, to make time for how you feel, because it’s important . ”
Ava is no stranger to speaking out about topics that are important to her. During an “Ask Me Anything” questionnaire via her Instagram Story on January 10, 2022, a fan asked her, “Do you like boys or girls?” Ava replied, “I’m attracted to… people! (Gender is whatever).”
As a result, Ava said she received several hateful messages, which she later addressed. “Quick reminder: I can and will block profiles that comment on bigoted/hateful posts under my posts,” she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “My Instagram profile is not a place for cruelty/hate speech and I intend to do everything I can to keep it that way. Peace and love.”
And in celebration of this year’s pride month, Ava shared a photo via Instagram of herself holding a pride flag and hair dyed pink. She captioned the June 1 post: “Once upon a time there was a girl on the internet who said ‘gender is whatever’ in reference to her own sexuality. Many took her words out of context, but she knew what she meant. Anyway, this is her post for the first day of pride month 2024. 🌈✨🪩🫶🏻.”