Pia Wurtzbach gets real about mental health: 'It's OK to be down sometimes and it's OK to talk about it openly'

Pia Wurtzbach took to Instagram to share how she wasn't OK the past few days after getting trigged with some memories from the past. 

"You guys know naman my childhood/young adult years were quite challenging," began the beauty queen.

While she mentioned being happy about pushing through the difficult times, Pia admitted that, "sometimes when you go back to the past, it still stings!"

"And even for someone like me who looks like they got their life together from the outside, could still be going through a mental health journey," she wrote.

"And I guess I'm writing this, not to be paawa or ask for sympathy, cos I'm okay naman," she said, "but to remind you that IT’S OKAY to be down sometimes. And IT’S OKAY to talk about it openly!"

"I don’t know, but maybe somebody needs to hear this today," she added.

"You're okay, talk it out and take some time to do what’s good for your mental health," she ended her note.

Last January, Pia admitted that she has gone through mental health struggles in the past. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News