My Mind & Mepremiered onApple TVon July 20, 2025, and is set to captivate audiences by taking them along a journey withSelena Gomezon her path to healing.
Reaching stardom at a very young age, Selena Gomez seemed to have it all, charm, beauty, and success. But little did we know that this young starlet reached a point where she was struggling with health and mental issues, such as lupus, depression, and anxiety which were oblivious to the public, and she’s now decided to share that story with the world. The actor and singer relies on veteran director Alek Keshishian to tell her story. Keshishian is best known for his 1991 documentary,Madonna: ‘Truth or Dare.’
This is a girl who wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. This is a young woman who isn’t trying to do a “woe is me” kind of documentary by any means. She’s trying to give hope to others, realizing that you can pick yourself up and, no matter what platform you get, you always have that option to use it to connect with other people. That’s how I think those other afflictions contribute to anxiety and depression but also, in some respects, are kind of turned into a means of really connecting deeply with human beings,” he told MTV in a recent interview.
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My Mind & Me Shows Another Side of Selena Gomez
My Mind & Meserves as a window to her most vulnerable self, where she spares nothing from the struggles she’s had to endure, alongside herrise to worldwide fame. Her life-changing diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder served as a starting point for her healing journey. She confesses that she initially didn’t want to seek treatment.
“I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t wanna go to the mental health hospital,” she says in the documentary. “I didn’t want to, but I didn’t want to be trapped in myself and my mind anymore. I thought my life was over; I thought, ‘This is what my life’s going to be like forever.’"
We take a glimpse of how life was before she became a household name, showing us where she’s from Grand Prairie, Texas, where we can see her interact with family and old friends. Throughout the film we learn about her complicated relationship with her mother, how she feels when paparazzi bombard her with questions about her past relationship with Justin Bieber, and her fears when she’s about to perform at her 2016 Revival Tour.
“I feel like a product,” she says after an interview where she clearly got upset because she believed she wasn’t understood. “She didn’t even pay attention to what I was saying.”
Selena Gomez' documentary,My Mind & Me, shows us how much more there is if you scratch beneath the surface.
