Tallulah Willis opens up about mental health and her dad’s struggle

The daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore wrote a candid essay in Vogue about her father's dementia and revealed that she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder last year.
2:56 | 06/01/23

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>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT. WE TURN NOW TO OUR GMA COVER WE TURN NOW TO OUR GMA COVER STORY. STORY. BRUCE WILLIS' DAUGHTER WRITING BRUCE WILLIS' DAUGHTER WRITING CANDIDLY IN VOGUE ABOUT HER CANDIDLY IN VOGUE ABOUT HER FATHER'S DEMENTIA, HER OWN FATHER'S DEMENTIA, HER OWN STRUGGLES AND THE MOMENT SHE STRUGGLES AND THE MOMENT SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER FATHER. HER FATHER. HI, ERIELLE. HI, ERIELLE. >> SHE WRITES ABOUT THE RAW >> SHE WRITES ABOUT THE RAW EMOTION OF SEEING HER FATHER EMOTION OF SEEING HER FATHER SLIPPING AWAY, AND HOW IN THE SLIPPING AWAY, AND HOW IN THE BEGINNING SHE WAS HURT AND IN BEGINNING SHE WAS HURT AND IN DENIAL. DENIAL. SHE ALSO GETS PIERCINGLY HONEST SHE ALSO GETS PIERCINGLY HONEST ABOUT HER OWN STRUGGLES AND HOW ABOUT HER OWN STRUGGLES AND HOW SHE'S FINDING HOPE AND HEALING. SHE'S FINDING HOPE AND HEALING. THIS MORNING IN A SOUL BEARING THIS MORNING IN A SOUL BEARING EDITORIAL FOR VOGUE, TALULLAH EDITORIAL FOR VOGUE, TALULLAH WILLIS IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER WILLIS IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER FATHER'S BATTLE CAN FRONTAL FATHER'S BATTLE CAN FRONTAL DEMENTIA. DEMENTIA. THE THIRD DAUGHTER OF THE ACTION THE THIRD DAUGHTER OF THE ACTION STAR AND ACTRESS DEMI MOORE STAR AND ACTRESS DEMI MOORE TELLING THE MAGAZINE, "I HAVE TELLING THE MAGAZINE, "I HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS WRONG FOR A KNOWN SOMETHING WAS WRONG FOR A LONG TIME." LONG TIME." IT STARTED OUT WITH VAGUE IT STARTED OUT WITH VAGUE UNRESPONSIVENESS WHICH THE UNRESPONSIVENESS WHICH THE FAMILY HAWKED UP TO HOLLYWOOD FAMILY HAWKED UP TO HOLLYWOOD HEARING LOSS. HEARING LOSS. SPEAK UP, DIE HARD MESSED WITH SPEAK UP, DIE HARD MESSED WITH DAD'S EARS. DAD'S EARS. LATER THAT UNRESPONSIVENESS LATER THAT UNRESPONSIVENESS BROADENED AND I SOMETIMES TOOK BROADENED AND I SOMETIMES TOOK IT PERSONALLY. IT PERSONALLY. SHARING HE HAD TWO BAY WEUS WITH SHARING HE HAD TWO BAY WEUS WITH MY STEPMOTHER AND I THOUGHT HE MY STEPMOTHER AND I THOUGHT HE HAD LOST INTEREST IN ME. HAD LOST INTEREST IN ME. THOUGH THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THOUGH THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. >> HI! >> HI! ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ >> Reporter: LAST YEAR WILLIS' >> Reporter: LAST YEAR WILLIS' FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTER, FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTER, WIFE EMMA AND EX-WIFE DEMI WIFE EMMA AND EX-WIFE DEMI SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC BRUCE'S SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC BRUCE'S INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA. BEFORE RECEIVING THE DIAGNOSIS BEFORE RECEIVING THE DIAGNOSIS OF FTD. OF FTD. SINCE THEN, HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN SINCE THEN, HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN BRINGING AWARENESS, AS WELL AS BRINGING AWARENESS, AS WELL AS SHARING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AS SHARING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AS HE FIGHTS THE INCURABLE ILLNESS. HE FIGHTS THE INCURABLE ILLNESS. >> I DO HAVE TIMES OF SADNESS. >> I DO HAVE TIMES OF SADNESS. >> Reporter: TALLULAH ADMITTING >> Reporter: TALLULAH ADMITTING THAT SHE, TOO, HAS STRUGGLED THAT SHE, TOO, HAS STRUGGLED WITH THE FAMILY'S NEW REALITY, WITH THE FAMILY'S NEW REALITY, IN ADDITION TO FACING AN EATING IN ADDITION TO FACING AN EATING DISORDER AND ADDICTION WRITING, DISORDER AND ADDICTION WRITING, I HAVE MET BRUCE'S DECLINE WITH I HAVE MET BRUCE'S DECLINE WITH A SHARE OF AVOIDANCE AND DENIAL A SHARE OF AVOIDANCE AND DENIAL THAT I'M NOT PROUD OF. THAT I'M NOT PROUD OF. THE TRUTH IS THAT I WAS TOO SICK THE TRUTH IS THAT I WAS TOO SICK MYSELF TO HANDLE IT. MYSELF TO HANDLE IT. NOW THE 29-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE IS NOW THE 29-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE IS ON THE ROAD TO HEALING AND ON THE ROAD TO HEALING AND SOAKING IN THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS SOAKING IN THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS WITH HER DAD. WITH HER DAD. I TAKE TONS OF PHOTOS OF I TAKE TONS OF PHOTOS OF WHATEVER I SEE, THE STATE OF WHATEVER I SEE, THE STATE OF THINGS, SHE SAYS. THINGS, SHE SAYS. I'M LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST I'M LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST SEARCHING FOR TREASURE IN STUFF SEARCHING FOR TREASURE IN STUFF THAT I NEVER USED TO PAY MUCH THAT I NEVER USED TO PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO. ATTENTION TO. I HAVE EVERY VOICE MAIL FROM HIM I HAVE EVERY VOICE MAIL FROM HIM ON A HARD DRIVE. ON A HARD DRIVE. I FIND THAT I'M TRYING TO I FIND THAT I'M TRYING TO DOCUMENT, TO BUILD A RECORD FOR DOCUMENT, TO BUILD A RECORD FOR THE DAY WHEN HE ISN'T THERE TO THE DAY WHEN HE ISN'T THERE TO REMIND ME OF HIM AND OF US. REMIND ME OF HIM AND OF US. TALLULAH RECOGNIZES RECOVERY IS TALLULAH RECOGNIZES RECOVERY IS PROBABLY LIFE LONG FOR HER BUT PROBABLY LIFE LONG FOR HER BUT NOW SHE HAS THE TOOLS TO BE NOW SHE HAS THE TOOLS TO BE PRESENT IN ALL OF THE FACETS IN PRESENT IN ALL OF THE FACETS IN LIFE, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY LIFE, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY IN HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER IN HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER DAD. DAD. SHE SAYS SHE CAN NOW BRING HIM SHE SAYS SHE CAN NOW BRING HIM BRIGHTER ENERGY. BRIGHTER ENERGY. SHE WRITES THE WHOLE THING ABOUT SHE WRITES THE WHOLE THING ABOUT LOVING YOURSELF BEFORE YOU CAN

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