Selena Gomez

• In April 2020, Gomez publicly said that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder after receiving care at McLean Hospital. She said that learning more about the diagnosis made her less afraid of it. [1]
• Gomez has said that she was misdiagnosed before receiving the bipolar diagnosis. She tried multiple therapists and went to four treatment centres, experiences she says helped her better understand her condition. [3]

• Gomez has described highs and lows that could last weeks or months. At times, she went days with very little or no sleep and became convinced that she needed to buy cars for everyone she knew. [4]
• She has also described severe depression in which she isolated herself, stayed in bed for long periods and had very little energy. [2]
• In 2018, Gomez began hearing voices and experienced an episode of psychosis. She spent several months in treatment and has described gradually coming out of the psychosis before receiving the bipolar diagnosis. [2]
• Gomez has also spoken publicly about having suicidal thoughts during periods when her mental health was particularly severe. [4]

• Gomez has said that she has received care at four treatment centres. After the psychotic episode, her medications were adjusted as doctors worked to find a treatment approach that suited her better. [2]
• Gomez has described therapy as an important part of her mental-health care. She has also said that learning to understand her condition has helped her manage it. [5][1]
• More recently, Gomez has said that she still experiences moments of mania but has become better at recognizing them sooner. [3]

• Gomez has described managing bipolar disorder as an ongoing process rather than something that simply disappeared after diagnosis. [6]
• She has continued working extensively in music, television, film and business while managing her mental health. Her later work includes Only Murders in the Building, Emilia Pérez and Rare Beauty. [10][9][8][7]

• Gomez created the Rare Impact Fund to expand access to mental-health services and education for young people. She has said that her own experience of struggling without understanding what she was feeling helped motivate the work. [6]
• She has also said that sharing her own experience can help other people feel less alone and more able to address their mental health. [6]
• Her 2022 documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, follows a six-year period of her life and documents her mental-health journey. [11]

“It doesn’t scare me once I know it.”

— Selena Gomez [1]