Bruce Willis’ Daughter Reveals Heart-wrenching Personal Story While Dealing With Father’s Dementia
Tallulah Willis, daughter of actor Bruce Willis and actress Demi Moore, and the rest of the family are stepping up and making an effort to be there for the actor, especially after he was identified as having dementia and aphasia.
However, Tallulah Willis has her struggles, just like every person does, and she recently shared them in an honest essay that appeared in Vogue. She described how she has been coping with and accepting her father’s health issues along with her own in an essay titled This is the beginning of grief.
Tallulah Willis says her family stepped in to provide the assistance
In her essay published in Vogue, Bruce Willis‘ daughter Tallulah Willis wrote that in June of last year, her boyfriend, who was her fiancé at the time, had dumped her and her family had stepped in to help her. She mentions that they sent her to Driftwood Recovery in Texas where she was introduced to a variety of therapies, her medication was retooled and she was given a new diagnosis.
The daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore revealed that she was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. She had already been dealing with anorexia but by the time she left Texas, she felt healthier as she desired more harmony with her body and family. She notes, “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.”
In May 2021, the actress announced her engagement to director Dillion Buss. It was later reported that the couple had decided to divorce in June 2021. At the same time, Bruce Willis’ family decided to publicly disclose his health issues.
Bruce Willis’ daughter Tallulah Willis details mental health struggles
The 29-year-old actress’ decision to open up about her mental health struggles has been praised by people, noting that this will encourage people to seek help when needed. Willis writes,
“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. When I was 25, I was admitted to a residential treatment facility in Malibu to address the depression that I had lived with through my adolescence.”
She further mentions that she was also diagnosed with ADHD and started on stimulant medication, which was transformative for her, and she felt smart, but at the same time, she started to enjoy the appetite-suppressant side effects of the medication.
Tallulah Willis writes, “I was very protective of my medication, and I rationalized it by telling myself that it was helping me to focus, which in turn was helping me to build a life outside of how I looked. An eating disorders therapist would tell me later, the smaller you are, the bigger you feel.”
“Recovery is probably lifelong”: Tallulah Willis
In her essay published, the daughter of Moore and Bruce Willis writes that she understands that recovery is probably going to be lifelong, but now she has the tools to be present in all facets of her life and especially in her relationship with her father.
Tallulah writes, “I can bring him an energy that’s bright and sunny, no matter where I’ve been. In the past, I was so afraid of being destroyed by sadness, but finally, I feel that I can show up and be relied upon. I can savor that time, hold my dad’s hand, and feel that it’s wonderful. I know that trials are looming, that this is the beginning of grief, but that whole thing about loving yourself before you can love somebody else—it’s real.”
The actress mentioned that Bruce still knows who she is and lights up whenever she enters the room, adding that she keeps flipping between the present and the past when she talks about her father. It is because she has hope for her father that she is just so reluctant to let go of.
Source: Vogue
