After being given a lupus diagnosis in 2014, the singer started receiving therapy. Since then, she has participated in a number of volunteer programs to control her anxiety, panic attacks, and melancholy. In January 2018, nine months after finishing her treatment, Us Weekly reported that she was looking for “opened-ended” mental health care.
The Getaway actress revealed her bipolar disorder diagnosis in April 2020. She said to Miley Cyrus in an episode of the latter’s “Bright Minded” Instagram series, “It doesn’t worry me once I know it. I believe that scares people, right?”
The founder of Rare Beauty has also utilized her platform to promote mental health awareness by conducting expert discussions and bringing attention to various problems through her projects.
She worked as an executive producer on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why from 2017 to 2020. The show generated a lot of discussion about the difficulties today’s teenagers and young adults face.
Gomez referred to the show’s somber themes in an interview with Elvis Duran and the Morning Show from 2017 by saying, “This is occurring every day. It’s happening whether or not you wanted to see it. The subject matter is intricate. It’s gloomy and contains some genuinely difficult-to-swallow moments, and I realized what we were doing was challenging.”
The singer of “Bad Liar” continued to advocate for the value of being in touch with your emotions throughout the coronavirus pandemic, which brought mental health to the forefront for people all around the world. She did an Instagram Live in October 2020 with Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Joe Biden’s surgeon general, to talk about the loneliness she was suffering while under lockdown.
Regarding the first few months of quarantine, she admitted, “I couldn’t handle it too well at first.” “However, once I started going to a place where I could write and be active, I was compelled to schedule that time.
I’ve had more opportunities than ever to spend time with those kind of folks, and I’m also spending a lot more time with my family.”
Murthy said Gomez’s experience was an excellent illustration of why it’s crucial to express your emotions. “There are various ways to reach out if you acknowledge that [nearly everyone is struggling in some way],” he remarked. When we help others, we turn our attention away from ourselves and toward them in the framework of a constructive encounter. and we remind ourselves that we have something valuable to offer the world.