Actress and singer Selena Gomez continues to be outspoken about mental health following her diagnosis with bipolar disorder.

The former Disney star announced her diagnosis in 2020 during an Instagram Live video call with fellow Disney Channel standout Miley Cyrus. Gomez has since described this discovery as a relief, although not an easy path.

In a recent episode of the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast, Gomez – the co-founder of mental health publication Wondermind – shared details about her journey to diagnosis.

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Fellow musician and husband Benny Blanco asked his wife if she knew she was bipolar before being officially diagnosed.

“I knew something was wrong, but I think I was misdiagnosed,” she responded. “I think people were just assuming – and I would try multiple therapists.”

“It’s actually really hard when we’re talking about these things, and for me to go, ‘Go get a therapist.’ All of it is so … complicated.”

Gomez detailed how her diagnosis required talking to “multiple different people,” stressing the importance of not giving up.

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“I’m so grateful I went to four different rehabs because it all helped me understand it,” she said.

Blanco revealed that Gomez sometimes experiences a manic episode without recognizing it.

“She’ll start to realize she’s having it after it’s happening, and sometimes she doesn’t even remember when it’s happening,” he said.

“It’s such a delicate thing because … you’re not supposed to, technically, talk to the person about it while they’re deep in it.”

Blanco added that Gomez is “so hyper aware” of when she’s experiencing mania.

“I’m equally proud to say that I do have moments of mania,” she said. “I’m not ashamed at all, because I can catch them a bit quicker.”

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“It is helpful to have a partner who will understand … and meet you where you are,” the singer added.

Since her diagnosis, Gomez said she lives life more “freely.”

“The whole hypocrisy of shaming people for therapy, or people not understanding it, is that it’s just not for you,” she said. “But for me, it finally allowed me to go, ‘Oh, that’s why I handled things the way I [did]. That’s why all the other people were able to get over things quickly, and I wasn’t.'”

Gomez added, “I’d act out of fear, I’d act out of love, I’d act out of passion, it was all inconsistent. It was crazy.”

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The actress encouraged others that no matter the diagnosis, “you are not defined by a term.”

“It’s just informative to seek and talk and listen to podcasts or listen to certain things that will help you get information,” she said. “I do believe there is a lot of hope.”

About 2.8% of adults in the U.S. have experienced bipolar in the last year, while 4.4% experience it during their lifetime, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Formerly called manic depression or “manic-depressive disorder,” bipolar disorder is characterized by dramatic shifts in mood, energy and activity levels, affecting the ability to carry out daily tasks.

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This can include emotional highs, referred to as mania or hypomania, and lows, known as depression, per Mayo Clinic.

Symptoms can differ depending on bipolar type.

Manic and hypomanic episodes typically include three or more of the following symptoms:

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Major depressive episodes typically include five or more of the following symptoms.

Mayo Clinic encourages anyone experiencing these symptoms to seek help from a professional.

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Diagnosis can be made through a physical exam and lab testing, as well as mental health assessments and tracking of moods, sleep patterns and other factors.

After diagnosis, Mayo Clinic recommends paying attention to warning signs to prevent episodes. Getting enough sleep, taking medications as directed, and abstaining from drugs and alcohol can also help.

Fox News Digital reached out to Gomez’s representation and Wondermind for comment.

LeAnn Rimes is releasing years of tension. 

On Sunday, Human Garage — a global wellness movement aimed at helping people self-heal from pain, stress, and trauma through “fascial maneuvers” — shared a video on Instagram of the country star undergoing a “deep jaw release” treatment with their co-founder, Garry Lineham.

In the video, two individuals, including Lineham, perform the technique on Rimes — who could be heard saying, “Oh my God” repeatedly. 

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“You got it, hold on,” Lineham said, while adjusting her jaw. After the technique was completed, Rimes immediately burst into tears, seemingly letting go of all the built-up tension. 

“Say that part of my life is over,” Lineham told Rimes, who responded by saying, “That part of my life better be over.”

“Oh my God, you just don’t realize how much tension is in there,” she said. “Until it’s gone,” Lineham added.

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In the video’s caption, the wellness movement explained that the technique is used to break tension and lift any additional extra weight caused by stress. 

“Healing isn’t always quiet. Sometimes it’s a physical letting go of things we didn’t even know we were carrying,” the caption read. “In this powerful session, @garrylineham works with @leannrimes on a deep Jaw Release. You can see the exact moment the tension breaks and the emotional weight lifts, leaving her feeling visibly lighter and more aligned.”

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“The jaw is one of the body’s primary storage sites for stress. When we hold back our voice or push through pressure, the fascia in the face and neck ‘locks’ to protect us. By using the maneuvers to signal safety to the nervous system, we can finally allow that stored energy to move.”

Rimes shared her experience on social media as well. 

“For as long as i can remember, my body has held tension like it’s been bracing for something,” she wrote on Instagram. “my jaw, my neck, my shoulders… especially the tmj. it’s never really let go. and as someone whose voice is literally my instrument, that kind of tightness doesn’t just live in the body; it shows up in how i breathe, how i express, how freely i can sing.”

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“I’ve taken care of myself from so many angles over the years, nutrition, hormones, nervous system work, therapy, supplements. you name it. i’ve gone down a lot of healing paths. but fascia, that was one piece i hadn’t fully explored… that’s when I found @garrylineham & @humangarage.”

Last year, the 43-year-old singer suddenly walked off-stage while performing at the Skagit Valley Casino & Resort in Bow, Washington after her teeth had fallen out when she was singing her 1996 hit “One Way Ticket.” 

“This is the most epic example of how the show must go on,” Rimes said in an Instagram video the next day. “Last night, I was onstage in the middle of ‘One Way Ticket’ and I felt something pop in my mouth.”

“If you’ve been around, you know that I’ve had a lot of dental surgeries, and I have a bridge in front, and it fell out in the middle of my song last night,” she continued. 

The two-time Grammy Award winner admitted that she “panicked” and ran to the side of the stage where she “popped” her bridge back in before returning to continue her performance. 

“I just had to get real with everybody and tell them exactly what was happening, or else I would have had to walk off-stage,” Rimes explained. 

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“For the rest of the show… I was literally like this pushing my teeth in, like, every couple of lines,” she added as she pressed her thumb on her mouth. 

Rimes said she realized that singing some of her songs was particularly difficult due to the challenging syllables in the lyrics. 

“Like ‘Can’t Fight the Moonlight,’ they completely fell again in my mouth,” the singer recalled with a laugh. “It was the most epic experience ever.”

“I don’t usually have firsts in my career. That was a first and hopefully a last,” she said.

According to Billboard, Rimes has a long history of dental issues and has had 29 surgeries. The outlet reported that the “How Do I Live” hitmaker sued her former dentist for malpractice in 2013, claiming that she suffered from chronic pain and medical complications after getting veneers. 

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Spain is grappling with the death of a 25-year-old woman from Barcelona who was euthanized following a series of tragic events despite multiple legal challenges from her father.

Noelia Castillo Ramos’ case galvanized international attention after her father, Gerónimo Castillo, mounted a legal battle against the authorization of various Spanish courts for his daughter to receive euthanasia in 2023. Aided by Abogados Cristianos (Christian Lawyers), a conservative Catholic organization, Mr. Castillo exhausted all appeals to the Spanish courts.

The father argued that his daughter wasn’t fully psychologically able to make a decision regarding euthanasia and that she needed better medical and psychiatric care. His legal battle was ultimately shut down by the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, on March 10.

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The case of Castillo Ramos is just the latest in euthanasia deaths across Europe, but the Barcelona woman’s choice to die has inflamed passions across the country.

Castillo Ramos’ parents divorced when she was 13 and spent almost four years in public tutelage centers when she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) — a serious psychiatric condition often leading to severe depression, suicide ideation and a tendency to addiction.

By her own account, in an interview she gave before dying to Spanish TV channel Antena 3 she tried to commit suicide at least twice despite being under intensive psychiatric care. In her first suicide attempt, she took several pills and ingested a toxic automotive liquid, but was saved by her mother, who took her to the hospital for a gastric-intestinal cleansing procedure.

Things got worse for her when she left the home and ended up being sexually assaulted multiple times when she was about 20. First, she was sexually abused by a former boyfriend after taking sleeping pills. Soon after, two men attempted to rape her while in a nightclub, leaving her deeply scarred, and as reports indicate, this led her to a care home for worsening psychiatric symptoms.

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There, she was gang-raped by three men. With her mental state deteriorating, she attempted suicide by jumping out of the fifth floor of a building.

Multiple reports and social media posts originally indicated that the three rapists who assaulted her were immigrant minors under the care of the state – something the Barcelona-based newspaper El Periódico says is false.

Many Spaniards have reacted angrily the court’s authorization for her to receive euthanasia, accusing the leftist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of not providing the girl with adequate medical care, opening up the country to mass migration, lack of policing and ultimately handing down euthanasia as a solution to her case.

After her interview on Spanish TV, several anonymous donors and public figures, including pianist James Rhodes, offered to fund her treatment and to provide her and her family with material assistance if she decided against having the procedure.

The Catalan High Court of Justice confirmed to Fox News Digital that all legal and medical requirements, including a favorable opinion by the Catalan Commission of Guarantee and Evaluation (CGEC), had been met and that there was nothing preventing the young woman from receiving the requested euthanasia.

Noelia died at 6 p.m. local time on Thursday at Hospital Sant Pere de Ribes in Barcelona. She is the youngest person ever to be euthanized in Spain under the country’s assisted dying law passed in 2021.