Cara Delevingne reveals the unique thing she does to lift her spirits when she is ‘having a bad day’

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Cara Delevingne shared a surprising habit she uses to cheer herself up when she’s feeling down.

The 33-year-old, who started as a model before becoming an actress, says she likes to browse fundraising websites when she’s feeling down as a way to cheer herself up.

I always find it fascinating what people will do to help each other, so I often browse GoFundMe pages. Honestly, when I’m feeling really down, it’s a strange comfort to see all those acts of kindness. It kind of puts things in perspective, you know?

‘I like seeing an actual dent that you can make to help someone,’ she told the publication.

Cara’s been attempting to cut back on her Instagram use, but she hasn’t been able to fully commit to deleting the app.

‘That algorithm is not meant for good things,’ she explained.

I haven’t deleted Instagram yet, but I’m really trying to cut back. I often find myself opening the app without even thinking about it, and it’s actually a little scary how easily I do.

Early in her career, Cara openly discussed her mental health, revealing she had times when she felt like giving up.

She likened being a teenager to feeling like she was on ‘a rollercoaster to hell’.

She shared on This Morning that she’s moved past a very difficult period in her life. She explained that we tend to remember and be most affected by the hardest and most upsetting experiences.

Looking back, those are the things that really stick with me. I just didn’t have the words to explain what I was going through. Honestly, I felt so embarrassed about how I was feeling, and I kept it all bottled up inside.

‘I had a very privileged upbringing, I was very lucky, I went to an amazing school.

I struggled with depression and went through times when I didn’t want to keep going. On top of that, I felt guilty for feeling so down, and I couldn’t bring myself to talk about it because I thought I shouldn’t be feeling that way. It was really the guilt that was the hardest part.

I don’t want to be seen as a perfect example for teens, but rather someone they can relate to – someone who’s faced challenges and made it through.

The model was talking about a recent interview where she discussed her struggles with depression as a young person. She revealed she had felt such intense self-hatred that she once wished she wasn’t alive.

She explained to the publication that she deeply disliked herself for experiencing depression, and resented the very feeling of being depressed, simply existing in that state.

I could easily detach from my feelings. At the same time, I constantly doubted myself, often regretting things immediately after I said them.

I was completely lost and just didn’t want to keep living. Looking back, I wish I could have comforted myself, reminded myself that there was still a good part of me inside, and that I wasn’t the one hurting myself the most. I wish I’d realized I wasn’t stuck.

Look, being a teenager? It was brutal. Honestly, it felt like being strapped to a rollercoaster plummeting straight to… well, you get the idea. But I kept telling myself, if I could just hold on, just get through each day, it would get better. And you know what? It did. So, yeah, just hold on tight, okay? You can get through this, I promise.

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2026-03-07 14:18