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The 30-year-old multi-hyphenate star andmental healthadvocate, who has beenopen about her bipolar diagnosisin the past, is set to candidly share her triumphs and setbacks in the new documentarySelena Gomez: My Mind & Me.
She continued, “I’m doing things with myRare Impact Fund. I’m having these conversations, I’m meeting people.”
“Iwent to the White Housefor the mental health summit and … I’m wanting to be as proactive as I can,” Gomez added.
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TheOnly Murders in the Buildingactress also explained that filming the new documentary, which features moments when she’s in London, Paris and Kenya, was a form of therapy.
“All of the things I was experiencing in Kenya were truly life-changing and moving, and it really was something that I felt like I connected with,” Gomez said. “And then going into London and Paris, it was really complicated to have those feelings and be in such a vain industry.”
The documentary’s director,Alek Keshishian, directed Selena in 2015 in her"Hands to Myself"music video, and has had a front-row seat to seeing the star evolve.
“She has really blossomed,” he told reporters at the premiere. “She went from, I think, feeling the pressure of wanting to prove herself in that transition from child star to young adult artists. And I think there was a lot of pain involved in that transition. She’s been through obviously very dark times, but now when I see her, she’s better than I’ve ever seen her.”
“She’s not interested in dropping her name to get things. She likes to go to the local place in the Valley [that] she’s always gone to,” Keshishian added.
All of which has helped theSelena + Chefstar to recognize her own place in the scheme of things.
“Clearly I’m still here to use whatever I have to help someone else,” Gomezsays in the documentary. “Everything that I had gone through, it’s gonna be there. I’m just making it my friend now … I know this is the beginning for me.”
source: people.com
