Selena, Perfectly Imperfect

Growing up with the media is tough for a girl like Selena Gomez. The world saw her evolve through the years, and the public clamors for her even more after all these years. She is the most followed individual on earth. Recently, she surprised everyone by going off the grid. It might cause sadness to her fans, but to some, it is an admirable move. If we will look beyond her reason, she took her power back as a woman who can liberate herself from social media. Although it has a long list of benefits to boast about, we cannot deny that there are so many issues and concerns that technology can't control and has contributed to increasing mental health cases worldwide. And Selena, with all that bravery and splendor, took her life back and established some normalcy in a short tap.

In November last year, Selena Gomez opened up about her experience with psychosis. Gomez gave viewers a raw look into her struggles with psychosis and bipolar disorder in her most recent Apple TV+ documentary, 'Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me. The documentary is based on a video taken over six years and takes a close, often raw, look at the high and low moments for Gomez, now 30, during that time. Gomez says her key goal in making the documentary was to make it more common for people to talk about mental health struggles.

Gomez did eventually recover from it, according to the documentary. Afterward, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which her doctors say triggered the psychosis, and she began treatment, including medication.

Psychosis is a combination of symptoms resulting in an impaired relationship with reality. That means you've lost your ability to distinguish between what's real and what's not, says Po Wang, MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University in California, specializing in treating bipolar disorder.

On August 13, 2020, Selena Gomez starred in a cooking series filmed in her home. Each episode features Selena tackling a new cuisine and guest stars a different professional chef, where they cover tips and tricks and how to deal with disasters in the kitchen. For each episode, the show donates $10,000 to the charity of Chef's choice, often food related.

But if there's one trait Selena has that most celebrities don't is being her authentic self. She remains true to herself and has consistently battled with everything life throws back at her. "Authenticity is my life," she says, and that's not cool, but we love her for it.