Ylona Garcia speaks up about being ‘broken on the inside’

FILE: To anyone suffering with mental illness: y’all are badass cuz nothing is more terrifying than battling with your own mind every single day – k.f. (Photo: ylonagarcia/Instagram)

It seems like Ylona Garcia is doing fantastically well nowadays if you will take a look on photos of herself that she posted on social media, but behind her sweet smile and bright aura hides a different story.

In a series of Tweets she posted recently, the former Pinoy Big Brother housemate opened her heart to her 522,000 followers and let them see what she truly feels inside.

Ylona, on her tweet last Sunday, talked about how people are being “hated on” when they are just being real to themselves and to the world, while others are being “loved” when they are actually “fake.”

Her December 16 tweet was followed by another tweet on Thursday, December 19, where she said, “Do y’all ever just run as fast as you can to the bathroom to lock yourself in and just cry your eyes out because of how much crap life throws at you to bring you down which make you stronger no matter how broken on the inside you are????”

In another tweet, she revealed, “currently stress eating.”

“It’s like everything I do isn’t good enough or too much… Sorry for letting you down,” the Filipina-Australian singer wrote in another tweet.

Ylona, however, did not disclose further details on what her tweets were all about, but her supportive fans were quick to console her.

Netizen @de_lionliza told the young star, “Please don’t do this to yourself… a lot of us love you for who you are! You’re beautiful, strong, determined young girl that inspire a lot of people young and old alike! trust in HIM (God)!”

On the other hand, Twitter user @Shawna_Scully said she may not know what Ylona has been going through but she reminded the artist that the Lord always got her back.

Social media user @joemir_nocom, meanwhile, tweeted, “hey hey, I know things are looking down for you right now, but keep on pushing through hun. you are more than enough. you’re just going through a rough time right now, but you are loved by so many people, and again, you are enough!”

Netizen @honey_123mon also cheered up Ylona, saying, “We still believe and love u always, people may see u less nor beyond way too much, in your fans and family you are enough already.”

Sending Ylona a virtual hug GIF, Twitter user @_itsivyjoy encouraged the celebrity not to stress herself and take time to unwind.

It can be recalled last June that Ylona was “stressed” from reading negative comments about her that led to her hospitalization.

“I spent hours trying to find ways to make sure everyone would be happy and okay, to the fact where I forgot about myself,” she had said.

Shen then hoped that netizens will spread more love than hate on social media because, according to her, people who get bashed or disrespected on the internet “can only stay strong for so long and can be so close to breaking down.”