Kendall Jenner suffers panic attacks after terrifying encounter with stranger

Jenner said she wakes crying in the middle of the night
Frightened: Kendall Jenner was left terrified
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Emma Powell19 April 2017
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Kendall Jenner has revealed she is woken in the middle of the night by panic attacks over security fears.

The 21-year-old model, who has suffered from anxiety her “entire life”, admitted to waking up in tears following a frightening encounter with stranger.

Jenner was left terrified when she found a man sitting outside her West Hollywood house last August. As she approached the driveway he began banging on her car.

“I wake up in the middle of the night freaking out,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. “Full panic attacks. They wake me up from my sleep, and I need to stand up and I pace and I'm freaking out and crying.”

Work it: Kendall Jenner on the catwalk during  La Perla Fall/Winter 2017 RTW Show in New York City (Getty)
Getty Images for La Perla

Jenner was also left shaken when her half-sister Kim Kardashian was held at gun-point during a raid on her Paris apartment last October.

As a result, their mother Kris Jenner increased the family’s security – something Kendall said she struggles to cope with.

She said: “I don't feel normal, and I like to feel as normal as I possibly can.”

Kendall – who rose to fame on Keeping Up With the Kardashians said she tries to stay as private as possible, “more than the rest of my family, I guess”.

Speaking about why she doesn’t make public too many aspects of her life she said: “Just because I think it's powerful. Plus, I think people always want what they can't have. It's nice to have some mystery.”

Despite her attempts to keep some things away from the spotlight, she is well aware that, as well as the rest of her family, she will be the subject of rumours and gossip columns.

“It's literally the craziest thing,” she said. “Me and my family will be getting s*** like this for the rest of our lives.”

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