Kaitlyn Bristowe is getting real about her ups and downs over the past week.
“Highs and lows this week 👇🏼 ❤️,” Bristowe, 39, wrote via Instagram on Friday, March 14, before listing out her high points. “Extra hot matcha latte, Writing music, Working with horses, Playing cards on a patio, Funny friends, Dogs Movies and cuddling.”
As for her “lows”? “Pms, Cramps that hurt so bad I blacked out, [her dog] Ramen eating plastic needing xrays, Fetal position crying in therapy, Flat tire, Letting go of patterns [and] Feelings being hurt.”
“Gentle reminder that we don’t post the lows ❤️,” she concluded. “Also feeling grateful I GET TO feel.”
Alongside the candid message, Bristowe shared a series of photos including a mirror selfie and an image of her standing alongside a horse in a stable. In one pic, Bristowe smiled for a selfie with her dogs, who sat in the backseat of her car.
The former Bachelorette has been open through the years about her mental health struggles. While reflecting on her time as the lead of the ABC reality series, Bristowe exclusively told Us Weekly that she fell back into a depression while filming.
“I didn’t get anywhere near where I was in that really dark time [in my 20s], but I definitely struggled with depression during the show and while I was facing all that scrutiny,” Bristowe recalled to Us in May 2020. “I saw myself going down that same path, but I had the tools and the self-respect and everything to know that I was OK, and it was just an easier transition for me because I was confident in where I was at as a person.”
She continued: “But I’m just, that’s not who I am. I don’t want to live my life like that, and it had been long enough and I was just so done with feeling numb because Kaitlyn Bristowe loves to feel her feelings and being numb is not doing that. It’s fine to be sad and have your moment and I really sat in my sadness, but it’s about coming out on the other side and what you do with it after.”
Kaitlyn Bristowe is having a “rough” go following her breakup with Jason Tartick, revealing that “a panic attack” caused her to skip the first annual People’s Choice Country Awards. “These pics were all taken today,” Bristowe, 38, captioned an Instagram post on Thursday, September 28, which featured four photos — some of her smiling and […]
Less than two years later, Bristowe got vulnerable in a social media post and shared a no-makeup selfie with tears streaming down her face.
“People don’t understand how happiness and depression can exist simultaneously. I do,” she wrote via Instagram in March 2022. “Swipe to see where I was at this morning, and this first pic is where I’m at hours later. Feeling good. For me.”
At the time, Bristowe wrote, “This is what being hormonal looks like.”
She added, “For some, it’s circumstantial, and for others it’s an every day battle. I do feel lucky to know ‘This too shall pass.’ But just want to send out a virtual hug to everyone … For anyone struggling with depression today, either lay in bed and cry, or get your butt up and do something that makes you happy. Whichever one you choose is OK ♥️♥️.”
