Jessie James Decker Gets Emotional About Mental Health Struggles After ‘Private Family’ Drama: ‘It’s Up and Down’

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Getting candid. Jessie James Decker is opening up about the toll her estranged relationship with her brother, John James, has taken on her over the years.“I want to be open and honest.

I have struggled the last couple of years,” the “Lights Down Low” songstress, 34, wrote in a lengthy Instagram statement on Thursday, June 23. “It’s up-and-down.

There have been really beautiful, amazing moments but also some pretty low lows.”James Decker, who married former football player Eric Decker in June 2013, revealed in her candid social media post that she had attempted to hide her vulnerabilities out of a sense of “duty” to make people happy.“I have a very blessed life with healthy children and an incredibly loving rock of a husband,” she wrote on Thursday. “But I have definitely struggled these past couple years.

My anxiety has gotten worse [as has] my self-esteem [and] my confidence.”The Eric & Jessie alum — who shares children Vivianne, 8, Eric, 6, and Forrest, 4, with the Minnesota native — noted her struggles have been getting “a little worse lately” and she “just [breaks] down and [cries]” over body image issues, work-life balance and family drama.“I’ve had some family issues a couple years ago that I have struggled with tremendously and still to this day make me break down and cry,” James Decker added in her Instagram message. “I would’ve never chosen to deal with that publicly and open that door to such a personal family matter, but it happened, and it still hurts my heart.”While the Just Jessie author seldom addressed a family falling-out, both she and her mother, Karen Parker, seemed to unfollow John, 27, and his wife, Ally James (née Green).