Anxiety and depression are often little understood and over-stigmatized by non-sufferers, but Selena Gomez is speaking out about her struggles with both in a video (as a series of Instagram stories) released just before the pop singer was admitted into a mental health facility.
She reportedly suffered a severe emotional breakdown after recently being hospitalized, and she was “despondent and emotional over an alarmingly low white blood cell count in the wake of her kidney transplant.”
The breakdown occurred when Gomez wasn’t able to leave the hospital.
“She is now allegedly at a psychiatric facility on the East Coast undergoing Dialectical Behavior Therapy,” according to Christian Post. “DBT is a treatment used for a number of mental health conditions.”
The singer is set to be released soon.
“A lot of you asked about anxiety and depression in my life yesterday, and I wanted to suggest a song that you can listen to,” she stated in an Instagram story. “As some people know I like to listen to worship music and this song makes me feel like I’m talking about that feeling.”