Just recently we heard that Justin Bieber was canceling his tour to deal with personal issues and last October Selena Gomez did the same. Being a celebrity may seem like it’s pure fame and glory, but it can create all sorts of emotional and mental health problems, which is what happened to Selena Gomez. The 25-year-old singer had to take some time off last fall to focus on her emotional health and get rid of the horrible exhaustion she was suffering.
“I went away for 90 days, and it was the best thing that I could’ve done,” she says to InStyle Magazine. “I had no phone, nothing, and I was scared. But it was amazing, and I learned a lot.” The singer needed some time to decompress and to just relax. “I was in the countryside and never did my hair; I took part in equine therapy, which is so beautiful,” she says. Equine therapy is also known as horse therapy, which involves spending time with horses by grooming, feeding, haltering, and leading a horse with the support of a mental health professional. Equine therapy has been successful in helping patients with a variety of emotional issues.
Equine therapy is also known as horse therapy, which involves spending time with horses by grooming, feeding, haltering, and leading a horse with the support of a mental health professional. Equine therapy has been successful in helping patients with a variety of emotional issues.
“And it was hard, obviously. But I knew what my heart was saying, and I thought, ‘OK, I think this has helped me become stronger for other people,'” she says about having to take time off to get the help she needed. Equine therapy has helped both adults and teens deal with issues related to substance abuse, addiction, eating disorders, autism, trauma, depression, and much more.
Now that she’s back to her regular routine, she still goes to therapy and is in a different state of mind. “I go to therapy. I believe in that and talking about where you are,” she says. “But I’m in a really, really healthy place.” She didn’t want her fans to have a negative view of taking care of yourself, so this is why she decided to go get the help she needed. After she came back she was asked to go to the American Music Awards and it was an overwhelming experience, so much that she felt her back was sweating.
One of the biggest things that affect her is social media. “Because of social media, because of all the pressure that girls have, it’s so difficult. It’s good to be connected, to see things, and to get a sense of what your friends are up to,” she explains. “But it also allows people to think they need to look or be a certain way.”
Selena Gomez is in a much better place now and one of the reasons she’s so open about her personal struggles is because she feels that she’s at a place where if she can use her voice to speak out on a variety of issues, whether it be about health or happiness in order to help others, she’s definitely going to say something.