Chiara de Blasio Reveals Her Battle with Depression

Chiara de Blasio, Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter, in her most revealing comments yet on her substance abuse issues, said she initially dabbled with drugs out of curiosity but eventually began using them as a “coping mechanism” to deal with depression.  Speaking at the launch of the city’s new mental health texting service for teens in Brooklyn, Chiara, 20, admitted she was “really nervous” speaking on the sensitive topic, and used note cards for her four-minute speech.  The college junior, who was home in New York on spring break, quickly turned serious when discussing the mental health woes that she has struggled with all her life. 

“As long as I can remember, I felt like something was wrong with me,” she said.  That included feeling like she “said the wrong things, did the wrong things, had the wrong friends, wore the wrong clothes, wrong hair, wrong body. I wasn’t pretty enough, wasn’t cool enough and the list goes on.”

 She didn’t realize it at the time, but she was “severely depressed.”  “I cried all the time. My interactions with others made me hate myself. I always wanted to crawl into a hole and fall asleep forever,” said Chiara.  Eventually, she began using drugs and alcohol.

“At first, it was out of curiosity but then it became a way to relieve the pain. Substances soon became my primary coping mechanism,” she said.  Now in recovery, she said she has a simple message for young people struggling with similar issues.

 “If you’re hurting, talk about it,” she said.



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