Yolanda Hadid Returns to Social Media After 9-Month Hiatus for Depression: 'A Wonderful Reset'

Mar. 15, 2025

Yolanda Hadid.Photo: Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Yolanda Hadidhas returned to Instagram after taking what she described as a “nine-month social media detox.”

“The emotional stress and grief strongly effected my immune system,” theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum added.

In a moment of reflection, Hadid noted that constantly being on her phone was also an “addiction”.

“It started to take so much time away from being present in my life,” she added in reference to the modern-day tendency of people to text one another instead of call, which she said is “creating a deep loneliness within us.”

“Remember the good old times of pagers and flip phones 😅,” she jokingly added.

“This has been a wonderful reset, time to break the habit of picking up my phone 50 times a day. Learning to focus on myself, my health journey and being present in this moment of my life,” the mother-of-three concluded about her hiatus.

“Time has slowed down and feels a lot calmer, more time to just sit and actually read a book, time to reconnect with people, be creative and most importantly time with my family. I am excited to be back and see what you’ve all been up too 🙏.”

Many of her followers posted words of encouragement, including Hadid’s daughterBella, who wrote, “We love you ❤️.”

Bella Hadid and Yolanda Hadid.Yolanda hadid/ instagram

In 2012, Hadid was diagnosed with Lyme disease and has spoken out about her diagnosis onstage, on social media and in her 2017 book,Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease.

Sadly, it is also a disease that affects both her daughter Bella, 25, and herson Anwar, 23. Hadid is also a mom tomodel Gigi, 27.

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“This disease has brought me and many others to our knees, often wishing to die of utter hopelessness and exhaustion. Like I always say, you don’t get it until you get it,“she said at the Global Lyme Alliance Gala in 2016. “It’s hard for people to understand the invisible disability that owns our life, especially behind the beautiful face that shines so bright on the covers of magazines.”

In March 2021,Hadid told PEOPLEabout coping with the disease, “I’m better than I’ve been in a long time.”

“But as I’ve learned, there is no cure for chronic Lyme disease, she added.“Being in remission is an everyday blessing,and I pinch myself every morning.”

source: people.com