Selena Gomez knows her anxiety and depression will never go away, and she's "okay with that"

Selena Gomez has always been very open about her mental health, and she's revealed that she's accepted that it will no go away for good.

She's taken a more proactive approach to dealing with her mental health - explaining earlier this month that she quietly sought treatment for anxiety and depression.

But no matter how proactive Selena is about her health, she knows that some of her struggles will never be beaten.

In a new interview with 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford for Harper's Bazaar, Selena opened up about how she's now at peace with her mental health and she believes she'll have a better 2018 because of it.

"Anyone who knows me knows I will always start with my health and my wellbeing," Selena told the magazine. "I've had a lot of issues with depression and anxiety, and I've been very vocal about it, but it's not something I feel I'll ever overcome.

"There won't be a day when I'm like, 'Here I am in a pretty dress — I won!' I think it's a battle I'm gonna have to face for the rest of my life, and I'm okay with that because I know that I'm choosing myself over anything else."

Selena believes that as long as her mental health is taken care of, her life will be smoother in general.

"I'm starting my year off with that thought," she explained. "I want to make sure I'm healthy. If that's good, everything else will fall into place. I don't really set goals because I don't want to be disappointed if I don't reach them."

Selena admits that one of the most complicated relationships in her life is with Instagram and she's definitely got a love/hate thing going on with it.

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"[Instagram] has given me a voice amid all the noise of people trying to narrate my life for me and allows me to say, 'Hey, I'm gonna post this, and this is gonna take care of the 1,200 stories that people think are interesting but actually aren't, and aren't even true'," she said, acknowledging the good side of the social media app.

"So it empowers me in that way because it's my words and my voice and my truth."

But Selena is not impervious to the stresses of social media.

"The only thing that worries me is how much value people our age place on social media," she added. "It's an incredible platform, but in a lot of ways it's given young people, myself included, a false representation of what's important.

"So, yeah, it's a complex relationship. Probably one of my most difficult relationships."

Readers affected by the issues raised in this story are encouraged to contact Samaritans free on 116 123 (www.samaritans.org) or Mind on 0300 123 3393 (www.mind.org.uk). Readers in the US are encouraged to visit mentalhealth.gov or the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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