Pop star and actress Selena Gomez has made no secret of her personal mental health struggles and she has been made the outspoken promoter for awareness and getting other young people the help they need.
In 2016, Gomez took a break to deal with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression stemming from her battle with lupus. Four years later, she revealed she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She said earlier this year at a roundtable at the White House with first lady Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy that she hopes that by using her platform to share her own story so she can help others feel less alone.
On Monday, the Boston-based Ruderman Family Foundation honored the 30-year-old entertainer with its annual Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion for “drawing inspiration from her personal journey” to help others worldwide get access to counseling and other services.
The Texas-born Gomez said she strives to use her status as a public figure to share her own story in a way that empowers others. A new documentary that explores her struggles, “Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me,” premiered earlier this month on AppleTV+.
“Mental health impacts all of us, and we each have a role to play in ensuring that everyone regardless of their background has access to mental health services. I hope by sharing my own story and using my platform, we can empower each other and more young people to address mental health
“Mental health is personal for me. Figuring out how to manage my mental health hasn’t always been easy, but it’s something I am constantly working on, and I hope can help others work on it, too”
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In 2020, the “Wizards of Waverly Place” actor started the Rare Impact Fund shortly before launching her Rare Beauty line of cosmetics, pledging to donate 1% of all sales to the fund to help expand mental health services and education for young people. So far, the fund has distributed $1.7 million to nearly a dozen and a half mental health organizations.
Jay Ruderman, President of the Ruderman Family Foundation has said that Selena Gomez has powerful embodies with the foundation’s mission in the mental health arena and a mission which continues to take on greater importance amid today’s unprecedented mental health crisis for teens, young adults, and the entire population.
Selena Gomez’s documentary,’ My Mind and Me’
The documentary she shared with her fans concerning her life story has caused excitement and relief for her.
“She poured her heart and soul into this and this took a heck of a lot of courage to go as deep into her journey as she did
“She’s grateful to have had these second chances, especially as it gives her the opportunity to help others and send that message loud and clear that anything is possible if you have the right mentality and tools at your disposal”
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The documentary, filmed over the course of six years by the director Alek Keshishian, offers an insight into Gomez’s mental health struggles, a lupus-induced kidney transplant, and a bipolar diagnosis.
Gomez also discussed her relationship and very public breakup with Justin Bieber without acknowledging his name in her film.
“She didn’t want the headlines to be focused on her and Justin, that part of her life is long since in the past, there were very difficult moments between them through the years, everyone knows that, but she chooses to keep them private and not to dwell on them”
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