Source: People
Security & Justice
Israel, Hezbollah Trade Deadly Blows Despite Ceasefire Talks
Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah traded deadly blows on Thursday as their war raged on despite signs of progress in U.S. ceasefire efforts, with airstrikes pounding Beirut's southern suburbs and rockets flying into northern Israel.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Can Lebanon’s Army Secure the South? A Cease-Fire Deal Could Depend on It
The Lebanese army convoy snaked through the capital’s battered southern suburbs on a recent afternoon, past buildings demolished in Israeli air raids, in a show of public reassurance rather than force by soldiers keenly aware of the limits of their power.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Opinion
Lebanon's Economy—Not Battlefield—May Have the Final Word
Time and again during this most recent war in Lebanon, we hear the phrase, “The battlefield has the final word”. It has become the sole and wholly unsatisfactory refrain of Hezbollah and the so-called 'Axis of Resistance'.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Flying Above the Bombs, a Lebanese Airline Becomes an Unlikely National Hero
It used to be like almost any other national carrier, fielding gripes about flight delays, ticket prices and bad food.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Sports
Alcaraz Beats Rublev to Open ATP Finals Account
Carlos Alcaraz opened his account at the ATP Finals on Wednesday with an entertaining 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) win over Andrey Rublev which boosted his hopes of reaching the semifinals.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Ecuador's Angulo, 22, Dies a Month After Car Crash
Ecuador international Marco Angulo has died at the age of 22 just over a month after being seriously injured in a car crash, his club has announced.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Friday 20 August 2021 14:26:30
Selena Gomez Says Being Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Was a 'Huge Weight Lifted Off'
Selena Gomez is opening up about the sense of relief she felt upon learning she'd been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The "Lose You to Love Me" singer, 29, graced the cover of ELLE's September issue, and frankly discussed the state of her mental health — including her bipolar disorder, which she first revealed last year.
"I felt a huge weight lifted off me when I found out," she said. "I could take a deep breath and go, 'Okay, that explains so much.'"
Amid a tumultuous stretch that also included a 2014 lupus diagnosis, a kidney transplant, chemotherapy and public heartbreak, Gomez told ELLE that it was her desire to help others that allowed her to keep her strength.
"There were all things that honestly should have taken me down," she said. "Every time I went through something, I was like, 'What else? What else am I going to have to deal with?'"
To power through, Gomez said she told herself, "You're going to help people," and that that sentiment was "really what kept me going."
"There could have been a time when I wasn't strong enough, and would have done something to hurt myself," she added.
The star — who will next appear in the Hulu comedy Only Murders in the Building alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short — has long been open about her battles with anxiety and depression, and revealed her bipolar diagnosis in April 2020 during an episode of Miley Cyrus' Instagram Live show Bright Minded.
"Recently I went to one of the best mental hospitals in America, McLean Hospital, and I discussed that, after years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar," she said at the time. "And so when I go to know more information, it actually helps me. It doesn't scare me once I know it… I wanted to know everything about it, and it took the fear away."
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder that "causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks," according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Gomez said in recent years, keeping off social media and the negativity that comes with it has helped quell her anxiety, and that she ceded her passwords to her assistant in 2017 and hasn't looked back.
"I'm like, 'I've got to do something [more]. After I'm gone, I want people to remember me for my heart," she told ELLE. "This tiny little phone that had 150 million people on it – I just put it down. That was such a relief for me."
She has also made a push to support mental health causes, and recently launched the Rare Impact Fund along with her cosmetics line Rare Beauty, which is aiming to raise $100 million over the next 10 years to connect people in underserved communities with mental health services.
"I've been a champion for mental health for numerous years and talked very openly about my experiences," she told PEOPLE in December. "I want so much change in that space, and I wanted people of all ages to understand that the mind isn't simple."
