Selena Gomez Reveals Bipolar Diagnosis To Miley Cyrus: 'It Doesn't Scare Me'

Selena Gomez is speaking out about having bipolar and how the diagnosis empowers her instead of holding her back.

The Rare singer, whos previously discussed her experiences with anxiety and depression , talked about mental health during a particularly candid moment on Miley Cyrus Instagram Live talk show, Bright Minded.

Cyrus has been welcoming celebrities, including fellow former Disney Channel stars Demi Lovato and Hilary Duff, on her makeshift talk show amid the coronavirus pandemic, but her conversation with Gomez was her most revealing yet.

When asked about why so many people are afraid to talk about mental health, Gomez lead by example and discussed her own struggles like never before.

After years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar and so when I go to know more information, it actually helps me, she told Cyrus. It doesnt scare me once I know it. I think people get scared of that, right?

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Gomez credited McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, for helping her come to the realization, describing the institution as the one of the best mental health hospitals in the country.

In 2019, the hospital honored Gomez with the McLean Award , recognizing her as someone whos furthered the publics understanding of psychiatric illness and mental health.

Gomez also revealed to Cyrus that she suspects others in her own family share her condition, which is marked by episodes of depression and hypomania.

Ive seen it and Ive seen some of it even in my own family where Im like, Whats going on? Im from Texas and its not known to talk about your mental health, she said, adding that stigma weighs especially heavy on young people who think theyve got to seem cool above everything else.

Gomez went onto explain that she sought out the advice of medical professionals because being informed took the fear away.

When I finally said what I was gonna say, I wanted to know everything about it and it took the fear away, the 27-year-old said. When I was younger, I was scared of thunderstorms and my mom bought me all these different books on thunderstorms, [saying], The more that you educate yourself on this, the more that youre not gonna be afraid. And it completely worked.