Selena Gomez opens up about fear, therapy and receiving fame as a child star

American pop star Selena Gomez has opened up about her early years, saying she reportedly spent a large number of former years ‘living in fear of speaking up’ and has credited her recovery to therapy.

Gomez in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats stated that therapy was one medium which helped her collect her thoughts and aided her well being.

The singer/ songwriter revealed that she previously thought herself to be a ‘people pleaser’ and had a ground breaking ‘moment’ where she finally ‘stopped caring’.

“I’ve been doing this for a while and I’ve learned very quickly that people are going to narrate your life and that’s not always necessarily the best thing. So I wanted to claim my voice and I continue to do that in the best way that I can because I mean, you're not going to get the truth anywhere else, but from me,” Gomez said.

She added, “I mean I spent years living in fear of speaking up or saying things and I guess that's just the people pleaser in me and there was a huge moment where I just stopped caring and I can't tell you when that moment was, I really can't. I don't want to not express what I feel because I know there's millions of people who feel the exact same way.”

Gomez who shot to fame when she was a kid, is best known for her role as alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place.

The singer shared her thoughts on how ‘weird’ felt for her to be so well known at a young age. The star also believes she ‘probably hated’ most of it.

It’s more my life. It's more actually working since I was seven, being away from my family, moving from Texas to here, experiencing fame, being confused by what that means. Trying to grow up, being in such a weird position where people are actually caring and being awkward because you're growing up. And I think I was scared of it and I probably hated most of it. But with that time that I've been given, I've just been able to come out on the other side and be okay. And I don't really know how other than all the work that I did, meaning friends, therapy, taking time off, going back to Texas, just enjoying what's right in front of me.”

She added, “I feel this huge shift. At the beginning of the year it's when it all started changing. I started seeing things differently and I just think I needed a little more braking. And then I found it. Because you know when you're with someone and it's your best friend or they're talking about their boyfriend or their best friend or whatever, it's that exact feeling of just you got to go through it and you can't tell someone what to do.”

“You just can't. I had millions of people around me telling me all kinds of things and it didn't matter because it was what I wanted and I needed that. And I feel that way about everyone in my life. You have to have that moment. Who's going to be there for that moment is what counts,” the singer added.