Selena Gomez Discusses Low Point Before Dealing With Her Mental Health… And Now Feels ‘Sick’ Thinking About Her Negative Self-Image

Selena Gomez admitted that she feels “sick” when she looks back at how she used to see herself.

The Wizards of Waverly Place actress admitted it was “bumpy.” [her] out” to look back on how critical she was of herself when she was younger, and it has taken time to realize the importance of “speaking to yourself with kindness.”

However, this is not a foreign concept to the Kill Em with Kindness singer as she has been working on herself for quite some time.

Since her 2015 album Revival, the singer-slash-actress has publicly used her music as a platform to express her feelings.

Her 2022 documentary My Mind and Me – which was filmed over six years and chronicled her struggles with trust issues, suicidal thoughts that led to a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and burnout – had changed the way she treated herself.

Since her 2015 album Revival, the singer slash actress had publicly used her music as a platform to express her feelings.

Selena admitted on a SXSW panel titled Mindfulness Over Perfection: Getting Real On Mental Health, “It makes me sick to hear the things I said about myself in the beginning. It destroys me.

‘But I think everyone can relate to that feeling. It’s important to speak kindly to yourself, but I don’t think I really understood that [at the start of the film].’

The 31-year-old singer and actress explained that she was inspired to be more open about her struggles after watching Girl Interrupted with her mother, Mandy Teefey.

She said it sparked a discussion about the strangeness of the entertainment industry and how Selena felt like she didn’t belong during her time as a child actor.

The Disney alum noted that it’s impossible to force someone to deal with mental health issues before they’re ready.

She reflected, “There were a lot of people who cared about me more than I cared about myself, and who really wanted me to do things I wasn’t ready for. I had my lowest point and I had to do it in my time.

“It took a few tries, but I like to think and hope that I’m in a much better place now.”

The star was condemned not only in her career as a child actor, but also in her personal relationships.

Gomez famously dated pop star Justin Bieber and was on and off from 2010 to 2018 before calling it quits for good.

Two months after breaking up with the Canadian native, he was engaged to model Hailey Baldwin – now Bieber.

This prompted her to release Lose You to Love Me, which fans speculate is about him.

“There were a lot of people who cared about me more than I cared about myself, and who really wanted me to do things I wasn’t ready for…I was at my lowest point, and I had to do it in my time.”

Gomez famously dated pop star Justin Bieber and was on and off from 2010 to 2018 before calling it quits for good

Gomez is now dating producer Benny Blanco, as the pair were first spotted together last December and have been inseparable ever since

Gomez is now in love with producer Benny Blanco, as the pair were first spotted together last December and have been inseparable ever since.

They share lovey-dovey posts of each other on social media and are often seen having a lot of PDA.

The TV icon was previously linked to R&B slash electronic artist The Weeknd in 2019.