Selena Gomez is getting candid about how much happier she has been since she stopped using the Internet.
The 29-year-old Rare Beauty mogul opened up in a recent interview with Good Morning America about the general improvement of her well-being since cutting out the internet about four-and-a-half years ago, revealing that her life has since done a complete 180.
The "Lose You To Love Me" singer is getting candid about how dramatically her life has improved for the better in the last four-and-a-half years, since stepping away from the web.
In a 2019 interview on Live With Kelly & Ryan, the former Wizards of Wavery Place actress pointed out how damaging Instagram was to her confidence.
“I think it’s just become really unhealthy," the 29-year-old said.
Gomez pointed out that a significant amount of time obsessing over likes and comments, and being exposed to certain content had ultimately become a point of stress for her.
"To spend time fixating on all these comments and letting this stuff in, it was affecting me. It would make me depressed," she explained.
"It would make me feel not good about myself, and look at my body differently," she said.
She revealed that she does a lot to maintain her mental health, including regularly seeing a therapist who specializes in dialectical behavior therapy — a type of psychotherapy.
“I have tons of workbooks, like a nerd, but I love DBT ... I have notebooks that kind of help me do that,” she told Cyrus at the time.
“I try to take what’s going on and turn it into something beautiful in the best way that I can,” she shared.
“When I have moments in a studio and create something from a place of, I don’t know, happiness, or sadness or grieving something," she said, adding, "it’s such a safe place for me.”
“I haven’t been on the internet in four-and-a-half years,” Gomez said in an interview with Good Morning America on April 4.
“It has changed my life completely. I am happier, I am more present. I connect more with people. It makes me feel normal," she added.
