Selena Gomez gets candid on growth since 2022 documentary: ‘It bums me out’
Selena Gomez release Apple TV+ documentary 'My Mind & Me' in 2022
Selena Gomez shared emotional insights about her personal growth since the release of her 2022, Apple TV+ documentary My Mind & Me.
During a conversation on a SXSW panel called Mindfulness Over Perfection: Getting Real On Mental Health, the Love On crooner said, “It makes me sick to hear the things that I was saying about myself in the beginning. It bums me out.”
Gomez continued, "But I think everybody can relate to that feeling,”, adding, "It's important to speak to yourself with kindness, but I don't think I really understood that [at the start of the film]."
While discussing, the Only Murder In The Building star also admitted that "you can't force someone" to examine their mental well-being and address it.
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"There was a lot of people that cared about me more than I cared about myself that really wanted me to do things I wasn't ready for. I had my rock bottom, and I had to do it in my time," Gomez said, reflecting on her mental health journey.
She added, "It took a couple of tries, but I like to think and hope I'm in a much better place now.”
For the unversed, the documentary My Mind & Me, directed by Alek Keshishianbased on the struggle of Gomez with confidence and body image issues, suicidal thoughts that led her to cancel a tour and directed to a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, her life with lupus and burnout.
