Selena Gomez Opens Up About Why She No Longer Sleeps In Her Own Bedroom
Selena Gomez is getting real about a deeply personal change in her life — she no longer sleeps in her own bedroom. The 32-year-old Only Murders in the Building star revealed the surprising reason during her appearance at Wondermind’s Mental Fitness Summit on October 10, an event she co-hosted with her mom, Mandy Teefey. Both Selena and Mandy, who co-founded the mental health platform Wondermind, shared insights into their own struggles during the virtual event.
It all began when Mandy mentioned her own habit of crawling into bed and “rotting” there when she feels anxious about the future. Selena then opened up about her experience, revealing that she no longer feels comfortable sleeping in her bedroom due to difficult memories tied to that space.
“I’m a little bit different than my mom,” Selena said, “because I spent too much time in my bedroom that I actually don’t even sleep in my bedroom anymore.”
Selena’s revelation stems from a challenging period in her life when anxiety and depression kept her confined to her room for years. “Being anxious is so debilitating sometimes,” she said, adding, “I didn’t want to leave my bed for years.”
She explained that part of the problem was that she wasn’t putting in the necessary effort to help herself heal. “You have to believe in yourself and do the work that will enlighten you, even if it’s just watching a show for 30 minutes,” she added.
Though she’s moved on from sleeping in her bedroom to avoid triggering those dark feelings, Selena admitted that she still battles insomnia. The night before the summit, she wasn’t able to fall asleep until 4 a.m. due to racing thoughts. “…I just kept saying over and over again, ‘This will pass, just let it go through your body and it’ll go away,’” she shared, adding that eventually, she did manage to fall asleep.
Selena has long been open about her mental health struggles. In 2022, she released the documentary My Mind & Me, where she detailed her 2019 bipolar disorder diagnosis and spoke about having suicidal thoughts that led to her hospitalization in 2018. Her openness about her journey has helped break the stigma surrounding mental health, something she’s been passionate about for years.
In a 2020 interview with PEOPLE, Selena reflected on how difficult it was in the beginning, saying, “It seemed hopeless. Sometimes it was a challenge just to get out of bed. I was like, ‘Why can’t I be like you guys?'”
But with time, she found her rhythm. “I’ve tried a ton of different things, but the one thing I’ve never stopped doing is asking for help. That was the hardest part, but I truly believe that that’s why I’m stronger. This is something that is the most important thing in the world to me ’cause it’s my mental health,” she shared.
