Selena has likewise let it be understood that the roadway to feeling much better can be long and loaded with twists.
In 2018, “I was suffering mentally and emotionally and I wasn’t able to stay all kept up and together,” she stated while accepting the McLean Award, offered to those who have actually enhanced the general public’s understanding of psychiatric disease and psychological health, at the Massachusetts health center’s yearly gala in September2019 “I wasn’t able to keep a smile or to keep things looking normal. It felt like all of my pain and my anxiety washed over me all at once and it was one of the scariest moments of my life.”
“I sought support and the doctors were able to give me a clear diagnosis,” she continued. “The moment I received that information, I actually felt equal parts of terrified and relieved. Terrified, obviously, because that veil was lifted, but relieved that I had the knowledge of why I had suffered for so many years with depression and anxiety.”
Noting how grateful she was for the support group, she included, “Although this does not mean that it has all gone away, I can say that after a year of a lot of intense work, that I am happier, I am healthier and I’m in control of my emotions and thoughts more than I’ve ever been.”
