Exercise can be a tool for mental health, but not a cure for mental illness. Here, influencer Whitney Simmons explains how her depression and anxiety diagnosis proved that. 

Exercise and mental illness: Whitney Simmons on depression 

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I got fired off in the comments saying ‘I’m not depressed’. Little did they know that I had just been diagnosed with severe depression

The influencer talks to Stylist about sharing her diagnosis with her 3.2 million followers.

Whitney Simmons was the picture of health – then she was diagnosed with mental illnesses