Billie Eilish is opening up about her evolvingrelationship with her body.
Dealing with past injuries and misdiagnoses has impacted her body and how she feels about it.
It’s something she also discussed in her documentary,Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry.
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“And then I got injured.
I tore my growth plate in my hip, the bone separated from the muscle.
It was the most depressing year of my life.
I just laid in bed; I couldn’t move.”
Joint hypermobility syndrome is a genetic condition involving extremely flexible joints, according tothe Cleveland Clinic.
I felt like my body wasgaslightingme for years, the “Happier Than Ever” singer toldVogue.
“I had to go through a process of being like, my body is actually me.
And its not out to get me.”
Joint hypermobility is common and means your joints can move beyond the normal range of motion.
It may also be a sign of an underlying condition, such asEhlers-Danlos syndrome.
The details of Eilish’s diagnosis are unclear.
Too little or too much mobility can cause imbalances that increase risk of injury.
Eilish has also spoken about her body image and thebody-shamingshe experiences as a woman in the spotlight.
“Some people use it to shame others, some people use it to shame me.”
After removing some of her loose-fitting clothes on stage, she continued.
In 2021,she got real about unrealistic beauty standardsperpetuated by social media.
“And immediately I am like, oh my God, how do they look like that?
Yet I still see it and go, oh God, that makes me feel really bad.
Lately, Eilish has beenprioritizing her fitness.
Like I’m a gym rat now,” she continued.
Because I lived like that for years."
It seems as though Eilish has come a long way in feeling confident and strong in her body.
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