Selena Gomez shares bipolar diagnosis on Miley Cyrus' Instagram Live talk show

and opened up to her fellow former Disney Channel star with the news that she’s been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

“Recently, I went to one of the best mental hospitals in the world, but definitely in America, McLean’s Hospital, and I discussed that after years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar,” Gomez said. “And so, when I got to know more information, it actually helps me. It doesn’t scare me once I know it. And I think people get scared of that, right?”

Gomez compared learning about her mental health to a childhood memory: “When I was younger, I was scared of thunderstorms, and my mom bought me all these different books on thunderstorms,” she told Cyrus. “She said, ‘the more that you educate yourself on this, the more that you’re not going to be afraid.’ And it completely worked.”

The pair had been talking about dealing with the emotional toll of life in quarantine, with Gomez becoming emotional thinking of her grandparents, saying she’s donating a portion of her merch sales to causes like hospitals, and quoting a line from scripture that has reassured her. She emphasized the importance of communicating with people through the crisis.

“Being there for other people actually helps me too,” Gomez said. “But sometimes I have to feel it, Miley. Sometimes I gotta cry it out and I’ve got to release it and just take a deep breath and then remind myself, go back to my tools, which is, okay, where is this coming from? I understand I’m a big empath, so I feel so much of what the world is feeling, so maybe I need to take a step back from that, or whatever it is.

NOBODY IS SHOCKED SELENA HAS MENTAL ISSUES

a bipolar diagnosis is nothing to be ashamed of because with the right medication, she can live a normal life

People can live normal lives with bipolar disorder.

I'll take the crazy half!

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