Selena Gomez reveals how she keeps her mental health in check

Selena Gomez reveals how she keeps her mental health in check – with social media breaks and time with family key to the battle she fights ‘every day’


Selena Gomez has reveled that her mental health is something she works on ‘every day’. 

Speaking to this week’s Stellar Magazine, the 28-year-old said she has several ways of keeping things in check. 

‘I’m in a good place right now. My mental health is something I work on every day,’ the singer told the magazine. 

Staying strong: Selena Gomez (pictured) has reveled that her mental health is something she works on ‘every day’. Speaking to this week’s Stellar Magazine , the 28-year-old said she has several ways of keeping things in check

She added that social media breaks, as well as time with her family, are a must for switching off. 

‘It’s important for me to have space and time with my friends and family. When I’m with them, I try to be really present and just enjoy the moment,’ she says. 

Selena added that she does ‘social detox weekends often’, during which she logs off for the a few days. 

Tough: 'I'm in a good place right now. My mental health is something I work on every day,' the singer told the magazine

Tough: ‘I’m in a good place right now. My mental health is something I work on every day,’ the singer told the magazine

‘I think it’s so important to take breaks from scrolling on social media… It makes a big difference with mental health’ the Good For You hitmaker added. 

The Heart Wants What It Wants hitmaker previously revealed she had bipolar disorder, but admits before she got a diagnosis, she felt ‘really alone’ because she didn’t know anyone else felt the way she did.

‘It is something that is very close to me. I’ve been honest about things in mental health and about my story, so I knew that it was going to be something that I should include,’ the Rare singer told Bustle last year.  

‘I know that there is still such a stigma, but there’s still so many people who don’t even know their diagnosis.’

Break: She added that social media breaks, as well as time with her family, are a must for switching off. 'It's important for me to have space and time with my friends and family. When I'm with them, I try to be really present and just enjoy the moment,' she says

Break: She added that social media breaks, as well as time with her family, are a must for switching off. ‘It’s important for me to have space and time with my friends and family. When I’m with them, I try to be really present and just enjoy the moment,’ she says

The ex of Justin Bieber added, ‘And it is really frustrating because when people don’t know, it feels like you’re really alone, and you feel crazy. Because like, why doesn’t anyone else feel like I feel?’

She added:  ‘I would just say that I would not have been able to walk through any of this without my family, even my chosen family. I think having a connection to people is what keeps me sane. 

‘And I also feel like taking walks around, being in nature – all of that sounds cliche, but it’s actually very true.’

Time away: Selena says that she does 'social detox weekends often', during which she logs off for the a few days. 'I think it's so important to take breaks from scrolling on social media... It makes a big difference with mental health'

Time away: Selena says that she does ‘social detox weekends often’, during which she logs off for the a few days. ‘I think it’s so important to take breaks from scrolling on social media… It makes a big difference with mental health’