Selena Gomez has opened up about her arduous mental health journey.
In a latest appearance in a podcast alongside her record producer husband Benny Blanco, the singer-actress, 33, recalled being “misdiagnosed” before finally receiving her bipolar disorder diagnosis.
"I knew something was wrong, but I think I was misdiagnosed," Gomez said. "People were just assuming, and I would try multiple therapists. And that’s why it is hard. It is actually really hard when we’re talking about these things. And for me to go get a therapist, all of it is so f---ing complicated."
She further detailed how finding the right diagnosis and treatments took going through "four different rehabs" and emphasised how important it is to remember that "you can’t just give up."
Blanco, 37, noted that she still occasionally has “moments where she’s having mania and she doesn’t know."
"She’ll start to realise she’s having it after it’s happening, and sometimes she doesn’t even remember when it’s happening," Blanco, who wed Gomez in September, explained.
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"It’s such a delicate thing because you’re not supposed to technically talk to that person about it while they’re deep in it. And it’s like, even dating her and she’s so hyperaware, she’ll be like, 'I think I’m feeling a little manic.' "
In response, Gomez made it clear that those "moments of mania" are never something she’s ashamed of.
"I’m not ashamed at all because I can catch them a bit quicker," she emphasised. "But it is helpful to have a partner that will understand where the temperature is at and meet you where you are, and then you gradually understand what’s happening."
As time goes on and she continues to better understand how her bipolar disorder affects her everyday life, the “Calm Down” singer said that she’s been able to live her life more “freely” than ever before.
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