United Kingdom, Feb. 24 -- Bella Hadid was made to feel "disposable" during her battle with Lyme disease.

The 29-year-old supermodel has opened up on the mental struggle of having to turn down jobs "for almost a year" while she was going through treatments for the disease in 2025.

Speaking to her sister Gigi in an interview for Vogue Italy, she said: "I was emotional because you feel disposable."

Bella discussed the issue with her therapist as she tried to separate the idea that her "successes" were linked to who she is "as a person".

She added: "How good I am doesn't have to do with the jobs that I say yes to. For so long, saying no to a job was, like, who was I to say no to anything?"

She explained that she has hit a point now wher...