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Willow Smith Compares Her 'Overthinking, Anxiety Cycle' to Being in Labor

The musician, who doesn't have children, claimed she experiences "psychological contractions."

Willow Smith.
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Willow Smith continues to openly share her thoughts on social media, this time comparing her feelings of "overthinking" to being in labor.

Earlier this week, the musician, who's the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, posted an Instagram Story about how she feels when her thoughts are on an endless loop.

"I don't know about anybody else, but when I'm in a overthinking, anxiety cycle, it be feeling like I'm in labor or something," the 24-year-old began. "My psychological contractions ... I'm looking at the clock like, 'How many minutes in between these contractions?'"

After quirky vocalizations about her thoughts, Smith asked: "Anybody else feel that?"

Many found her post relatable, with people recounting their experiences with panic attacks in the comments section of the Neighborhood Talk repost, but others advised Smith to have a baby first before making a comparison to contractions.

Last month, Smith posed another question to her Instagram followers, jokingly asking: "Who ate all the p***y?" with a picture of herself crying. When the IG Story attracted negative attention, Smith accused the public of being "so dense."

"Y'all n***as so dense, y'all forgot funny existed," she said in the video below. "Y'all n***as like molasses–slow. Also sweet, though. Be sweet, too, yeah. But it was funny, shit!"

The NSFW post, which showed a tearful Willow, outraged some social media users, including those who questioned whether her parents, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were where she got her unconventional tendencies from.

The Smiths share an older son, Jaden Smith, 27, while Will's first child, Willard 'Trey' Smith III, 32, is from the actor's first marriage with Sheree Zampino.

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