Selena Gomez and Camila Cabello.Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty
When it comes to mental health,Camila Cabellokeeps it real.
During a conversation with friend and co-founderSelena GomezforWondermind’sMay cover story, Cabello revealed the best mental health advice she’s ever received — and why she’s now more comfortable talking about her journey.
“In the moment, everything feels dizzying and overwhelming and like you’re on this ride thinking, ‘Just help me get off.’ In my mind, it’s a loop, like obsessive-compulsive stuff,” Cabello said about her anxiety, adding that it affects her physical state as well. “In my body, it’s a tightness, almost like I can’t move, like my hands are tied and everything is just tied up.”
Cabello, 25, also detailed a time when she felt too ashamed to speak up about how she was feeling.
“I felt really anxious even talking about those things because I think before I went on that journey I was almost scared to be found out, like, ‘This is weird, my brain is broken, this isn’t normal,’ " she said.
Camila Cabello.Theo Wargo/Getty
Later in the interview, she also told Gomez, 29, that her hesitancy to open up about it stemmed from the stigma surrounding therapy and medication — something that she’s grown frustrated with.
At the end of the day, however, Cabello’s found that remaining vulnerable and validating her feelings have made all the difference.
“I think the best mental health advice that I’ve ever received is that faking or pretending is the worst thing for my mental health, personally. Saying the truth and being vulnerable and talking about it is basically what my therapist says to me in every session,” she said.
“I was cripplingly anxious and was in theworst mental health state ever,” she said. “And then I took a break at the beginning of the pandemic. I started doing therapy [and] trying to feel better.”
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Meanwhile, last week, Gomez and Cabello were seen together when the actressshared a hilarious TikTok of the pairseemingly spending a night in, where they lip synced a memorable scene from Lifetime’sDance Momswith cocktails in hand.
The video saw Gomez and the “Don’t Go Yet” singer acting as the reality series' original cast membersChristi LukasiakandKelly Hyland— mothers of dancersChloe LukasiakandBrooke Hyland, respectively — in a hilarious scene about theirDance Momscastmates' perception of them.
“And then there were two,” Cabello mimed to Hyland’s voice from behind Gomez, who snarkily replied as Lukasiak, “I know…”
source: people.com
