In a four-part interview with Vogue published in 2021, Kendall Jenner spoke openly about what it’s like to live with anxiety. “I remember being really young and having shortness of breath and going to my mom and telling her,” said Jenner. “In hindsight, now I know that that was obviously anxiety.”
She got candid about her anxiety again in another Vogue interview published in 2024: “In my career right now I feel really stable, really hopeful,” Jenner told Vogue. “But I’ve had a tough two months. I haven’t been myself, and my friends see it. I’m more sad than usual. I’m way more anxious than usual.
“So I’m not going to sit here and act like everything’s perfect,” she said. “That’s life — I’m always going to be in and out of those feelings. In past interviews, when someone’s asked me about my mental state, it’s always been, ‘I’m great right now, but this is what I’ve dealt with.’ Well, right now I’m actually in it.”
When Jenner finds herself struggling with anxiety — including social anxiety (a fear of being watched and judged by others) — she turns to strategies proven to help her face the day with “a calmer, more positive mindset,” she explained in an April 2022 Instagram post. Some of those go-to strategies, Jenner wrote, are deep breathing, journaling, practicing gratitude, and being outside in the sun.
She also turns to horseback riding to help her feel better. “Whenever I go ride, of course it’s a great excuse to get outside and not be on my phone and forget about work and fully put my brain and my energy into how I’m going to get my horse over these obstacles,” Jenner told Vogue.