Ariana Madix Talks Nervousness Following Tom Sandoval’s Affair

Ariana Madix has handled rather a lot within the public eye. After studying that her boyfriend of 9 years, Tom Sandoval, was having an affair along with her shut good friend and “Vanderpump Guidelines” costar Raquel Leviss, Madix advised People that her psychological well being took a pointy decline. “My anxiousness at first was via the roof,” she stated in a Might 22 interview. “These first few weeks . . . simply the abdomen ache, not having the ability to go to sleep, not consuming and feeling sick even on the concept of desirous to eat. It was actually so dangerous.”

For some time, she felt as if she had formally hit “all-time low,” even having handled melancholy up to now. “I’ve gone via different stuff earlier than on the present however nothing like this in any respect,” she stated. “However there’s nowhere else to go from all-time low besides up. So truthfully, realizing that basically helped me come out of that.”

To assist her via the scandal, Madix leaned on her mates, nicknamed the Madix Assist Group, saying they did every thing of their energy to prioritize her psychological well being and test in all through the day. “There was a spreadsheet that my good friend Meredith made to ensure that I used to be taken care of and that I used to be upright as a result of [for the] first few weeks there, I actually was not,” Madix stated. “She was planning, ‘Who’s going to be with me? Who’s staying the night time? Have I eaten? Have I slept?’ — stuff like that.”

Now that she’s had a while to heal and course of the information, Madix says she’s slowly beginning to really feel extra like herself once more. “It has been a course of to get there, and I do know it isn’t been very lengthy, however it actually appears like I am popping out the opposite aspect and the trajectory is up,” she stated. “I am at a degree now the place I simply really feel like I am superb. And I do not assume I ever thought that was potential.”