How Selena Gomez Came to Terms With Her Mental Health Issues
Selena Gomez is on a roll lately. After receiving the first number one song of her career with “Lose You To Love Me,” the 27-year-old singer went on to release her third, highly-successful, solo, studio album. Rare is being received with tons of positive feedback from fans and critics alike. Furthermore, the Wizards of Waverly Place alum has been doing lots of press to promote the new album. In the interviews, Gomez speaks openly about how her life over the past four years served as an inspiration for all 13 of her new songs.
While Gomez is in a much “sweeter place” these days, it’s been a long road to get to where she is now. Over the past four years, Gomez suffered through an emotionally abusive relationship, Lupus, a kidney transplant, as well as struggles with her mental health. Gomez has been candid about the fact that she’s suffered from depression and anxiety. In fact, many of her new songs blatantly reference her mental health issues. “This is just what the doctor ordered (yeah) Put a gold star on my disorder,” the lyrics for Gomez’s new song “Fun” rings out. “Holding hands with the darkness and knowing my heart is allowed,” the songstress’ song “A Sweeter Place” declares.
In a recent interview with NPR, Gomez got candid about the status of her mental health. While she confesses that she still struggles with depression and anxiety, medication and therapy have made things much more manageable for her. “I feel great, yeah. I’m on the proper medication that I need to be on, even as far as my mental health. I fully believe in just making sure you check in with your doctors or therapist. [Taking care of mental health — ] that’s forever. That’s something I will have to continue to work on. Yes, I don’t think I just magically feel better. I have days where it is hard for me to get out of bed, or I have major anxiety attacks. All of that still happens. I think “Fun,” in that particular way, was that I do like learning about it,” the “Look At Her Now” artist shared.
But, despite her struggles with mental health, Gomez has committed to using them for good. She confessed that her hardships made her able to have difficult conversations with people “But the way I find these moments in my life that are pretty difficult, I think the only way it’s helped me is that I can use that for good. So yeah, I can sit down with somebody who’s gone through a lot of health issues, I can sit down with someone who has had their heart completely broken, or a family that’s broken, fighting for their right to stay in this country, or kids who are going through things they shouldn’t even be worrying about at that age,” Gomez shared.
She continued on to share her hope for the world and the future, citing the role she saw herself playing in the long run. “I want to live in a world where an 11-year-old is not committing suicide because of bullying on social media. That’s what I think my real mission is; I think that I have such big dreams and ideas for ways that I can give back. And right now I know that this is something that will be for life,” Gomez confessed. It’s commendable that Gomez continues to use her incredible platform for good. Being open about her hardships can’t be easy, but Gomez seems to be taking it all in stride.
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