Singer Selena Gomez promised her fans that she would only tell her darkest secrets in the introduction to her documentary. my mind and me. His relationship with Justin Bieber, his separation, his mental health issues, lupus, his kidney transplant, the world star emotionally and candidly recounts his last six difficult years. Here are seven takeaways from this documentary available on Apple TV+.
Mental health
“I found out I had bipolar disorder”
Episodes of anxiety and depression: Selena was diagnosed with bipolar after years of suffering and having dark thoughts. “I’ll be honest, I didn’t want to go to the hospital, and the person who had to cancel her tour was captivated. Biology After 55 shows. I thought my life was over and I would stay like this forever. “Don’t make me weak or inferior to me,” she later confided. It makes me human. »
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hear voices
“I wish you could feel what it’s like to be in my head”
“Often my thoughts were taking over my mind,” explains the singer, who confides in her assistant and best friend throughout the documentary. The latter emotionally recounts the difficult times Selena went through. I heard louder and louder noises. She said at a certain moment: I don’t want to live anymore, I don’t want to live anymore. His eyes were black and blank. »
His split from Justin Bieber
“It was the best thing that ever happened to me”
If she feels like Sena Gomez is stuck with her ex-boyfriend, singer Justin Bieber, it’s largely because the paparazzi keep harassing her – even now – about it. The star claims that this breakup was the best thing that ever happened to him. “It felt like an old relationship that no one wanted to let go of. I think I had to go through my worst heartache to get better.”
family spirit
“I want a family, I want to be a mother, I want a normal life and be as happy as everyone else”
Selena Gomez was seven years old when she started and hasn’t stopped since. While she loves her job, she also admits sometimes that she wants a normal life, including having a family and children. However, his love life is not mentioned in the documentary.
Health and lupus
“My kidney transplant saved my life”
Suffering from lupus – a chronic relapsing autoimmune disease whose symptoms range from fatigue to joint pain, even including destruction of vital organs, as it were – the artist acknowledges her 2017 kidney transplant (a gift from her dear friend Francia Ressa) that saved her life . However, lupus returned during the epidemic.
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vote for others
“My ultimate dream is to be able to save people’s lives”
Whether it’s through her songs, her music, or through sharing the issues and tribulations she’s had to go through, the starlet wants to be “a voice for others, those who don’t know what’s going on with themselves and their emotions.” The singer created the Race Impact Fund in 2020 It raised $100 million to provide free mental health resources to young people.
Contrition
“I blame myself for the way I treated my loved ones and my family, especially my mother and stepfather”
With tears in her eyes, Selena’s mother admitted that she learned that her daughter had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital due to a nervous breakdown through a phone call from a reporter on the TMZ gossip site. Because Selena cut ties with her family for a while. Her mother says: “I was afraid that she would die. It is a miracle that I came out of her. But there is always a fear that it will happen again.”
• Selena Gomez Documentary my mind and me Available on Apple TV +
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