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<p>Willow Smith says her parents have helped her through some "dark times". </p>
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<p>The 18-year-old daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith praised her supportive parents for helping her to cope when times got tough in the past.</p>
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<p>Speaking to Mastermind magazine, Willow said: "The support and compassion that they pour into me always inspires me to preserve through dark times."</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>"[Cutting was] a physical release of all the intangible pain that's happening in your heart and in your mind."</p><cite>— Willow Smith</cite></blockquote>
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<p>Willow previously opened up about self-harming from the age of 12 following the success of her single <strong>Whip My Hair</strong>, but said that she stopped after reading about "spirituality."</p>
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<p>She said: "I was super young, and I had a dream, but all I really wanted to do was sing and I didn't equate that with all the business and the stress that ended up coming with it. </p>
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<p>"I was just like, 'Whoa, this is not the life that I want.' [Cutting was] a physical release of all the intangible pain that's happening in your heart and in your mind. I was like: 'This is pointless - my body is a temple,' and I completely stopped. It seemed literally psychotic after a certain point because I had learned to see myself as worthy. </p>
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