Selena Gomez Says She’s ‘Grateful To Be Alive’ In Emotional Trailer For 'My Mind & Me' Documentary
Selena Gomez has shared never-before-heard details about her struggles with her mental health in her upcoming documentary My Mind & Me.
A trailer for the documentary, which details her mental health battle over the course of six years, appeared on YouTube on Monday and sees the 30-year-old open up about her health.
'I'm grateful to be alive,' Gomez says at the beginning of the clip, before stating: 'Let me make a promise, I am going to stop living like this. How do I learn how to breathe my own breath again?'
The video cuts to footage of the singer/actor reflecting on her work/life balance amid sharing clips of the Emmy nominee performing as a child.
'Clearly I'm still here to use whatever I have to help someone else,' she says at one point.
'I am happier, and I'm in control of my emotions and thoughts more than I have ever been,' she notes, explaining her secret to self-healing is 'connection' with others. 'It helps me get out of my head.'
The documentary preview also teases a new song in which she sings: 'My mind and me, we don't get along sometimes. And it gets hard to breathe, but I wouldn't change my life.'
The 'It Ain't Me' singer, who is also the founder of mental health company WonderMind, previously opened up to Entrepreneur Magazine about her decision to step away from social media for her wellbeing.
She revealed in the publication's December issue last year: 'There was a huge release of no longer feeling like I’m in this tiny phone where people are saying the most hateful things.
'Why would I fill up my days with that? I also started to realise this entire world of people was living an unrealistic life. They were perfect and beautiful and happy all the time. But once I closed the app and glanced up, I was like, "Wait a minute. I’m going to talk to this cashier about my drink, and I’m going to talk to this person I ran into. It’s about having a human connection with people".'
Gomez suffered from panic attacks during the early stages of her music career.
The attacks, which occured while she was on tour for her Revival album in 2016, were coupled with intense media attention that led her to cancel the remainder of her shows.
On the opportunity to improve and understand her mental health problems after checking into a facility, she recalled: 'I understood what was happening in my mind, I gained a sense of purpose.'
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