'I am extremely insecure': Model Courtney Stodden reveals she is battling anxiety and depression while complaining of 'deep loneliness'

Courtney Stodden often looks like the picture of Hollywood glamour as she mimics her idol Marilyn Monroe on Instagram.

But the 23-year-old beauty has been struggling secretly. On Sunday evening the blonde bombshell let her fans know she has been battling anxiety and depression.

The model-and-actress added that she 'will get through it and prevail.'

Sad: Courtney Stodden said she is facing depression and anxiety in this Instagram post shared on Sunday evening

Sad: Courtney Stodden said she is facing depression and anxiety in this Instagram post shared on Sunday evening

In a series of captions on Instagram, the star wrote: 'Depression is hard to kick. But I'll get through it and so will you if you're a sufferer.

'I feel too much. I soak up too much energy from myself and others. I love too deeply. I am extremely insecure. Terribly childlike and vulnerable.

'This is me and my struggle with depression. But I have faith I'll prevail. If you're a sufferer of anxiety or depression - know that you aren't alone.'

Crying times: The blonde beauty shared this photo in late November but did not explain why she was in tears

Crying times: The blonde beauty shared this photo in late November but did not explain why she was in tears

The usual look: Stodden often looks like the picture of Hollywood glamour as she mimics her idol Marilyn Monroe on Instagram

The usual look: Stodden often looks like the picture of Hollywood glamour as she mimics her idol Marilyn Monroe on Instagram

Her ex: The pinup married actor Doug Hutchison when she was only 16-years-old; pictured in 2016

Her ex: The pinup married actor Doug Hutchison when she was only 16-years-old; pictured in 2016

The looker also took to her Twitter account and admitted she is feeling lonely and needs someone to love her 'deeply.'

She tweeted: 'The loneliness that haunts me is miserable. Only thing that helps is someone to hold me ... and it has to be someone who loves me deeply ... or it's meaningless.' 

In 2011 at the age of 16, she wed Doug Hutchinson, now 57.  In 2016 she suffered a miscarriage.  Courtney called time on her marriage earlier this year. 

Pretty in faux fur:  The model-and-actress added that she 'will get through it and prevail'

Pretty in faux fur:  The model-and-actress added that she 'will get through it and prevail'

Her path: Stodden began in the entertainment industry by competing in a beauty pageant, the Miss Teen Washington USA pageant in 2010. She then ventured into modeling

Her path: Stodden began in the entertainment industry by competing in a beauty pageant, the Miss Teen Washington USA pageant in 2010. She then ventured into modeling

The siren is seen here in the fall

The siren is seen here in the fall

However, the former couple have managed to maintain an amicable relationship.

Speaking to Us Weekly magazine, she previously said: 'A split is really hard.

'Doug and I are on really good terms but it's just hard, you know, because we're trying to hang on to our friendship because we are best friends and we don't want to part in a disastrous Hollywood way.' 

Stodden began in the entertainment industry by competing in a beauty pageant, the Miss Teen Washington USA pageant in 2010. 

She then ventured into modeling. 

After she wed Doug, she launched her TV career. She was on Couples Therapy, Celebrity Big Brother and  Hollywood Hillbillies. In 2015, Vivid Entertainment released a solo sex tape created by Stodden. 

Her look: In 2015, Vivid Entertainment released a solo sex tape created by Stodden. She also has a pay site to look at her more risque photos

Her look: In 2015, Vivid Entertainment released a solo sex tape created by Stodden. She also has a pay site to look at her more risque photos

 

 

 

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