Kendra Wilkinson on Suicide Attempts, Teenage Depression on Kendra on Top

Wilkinson says she battled "severe depression"

Published on October 2, 2015 10:20 AM

Kendra Wilkinson has another shocking revelation: As a teen she tried to kill herself, overdosed on drugs and was institutionalized.

“When I was a teenager, I battled some severe depression,” Wilkinson, 30, tells her therapist, Dr. Monica Shahbaznia in an exclusive sneak peek at Friday’s Kendra on Top. “I attempted suicide a couple times. I went to a mental institution … drugs, overdosing, slitting wrists, all that stuff.”

During the session, Shahbaznia points out that primary caregivers are meant to provide “safety and protection” and “those people have a lot to do with how we bond with somebody else.”

This point strikes a chord with Wilkinson, who says she didn’t get the love and support she needed as a child.

“I was left on my own,” she says, pushing back tears. “I was a young f—— girl. All I wanted was for my mom to say, ‘I love you, and I’m here for you.’ I never got that.”

Wilkinson recently disclosed the emotional abuse she has endured at the hands of her “sadistic” mother, Patti: “I feel like I’m being raped every minute with my mom,” she told her aunt on Kendra on Top.

Kendra and Patti’s tumultuous relationship has been well-documented on TV, including a May episode of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars in which the former Playboy model raged at her mom, “The devil has eaten your soul!”