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# Camila Cabello Opens Up About Mental Health Struggles and Urges Fans to "Speak Up" Too
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/camila-cabello-opens-up-about-mental-health-struggles-and-urges-fans-to-speak-up-too/
- Published: 2020-05-29T01:28:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T00:17:12.000Z
- Author: Celebritykind
- Tags: Health, Camila Cabello, mental health, mental illness, #Migrated-1790725130940, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 23:39

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(Photo: JStone/Shutterstock.com)

Like so many of us on social media, *Señorita* singer **Camila Cabello** appears to have a healthy, happy life. But behind the scenes, it's a different story.

The 23-year-old has been struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety.

In recognition of Mental Health Month, **Camila** has opened up about her experience, penning an essay for [**WSJ Magazine**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/camila-cabello-letter-ocd-mental-health-fans-11590668326?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) in the hope that her story might help others going through something similar.

"To put it simply, it felt like my mind was playing a cruel trick on me," she writes.

"It affected me physically too. I couldn't sleep for a long time, I had a constant knot in my throat, I had chronic headaches and my body went through what felt like multiple roller-coaster rides every day."

**Camila** describes how her social media posts don't reflect her reality: Crying in the car with her mum, feeling so desperate to find an answer, experiencing "what felt like constant, unwavering, relentless anxiety that made day-to-day life painfully hard."

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The singer hasn't spoken out about her struggles because she was "embarrassed and ashamed," but now realises that holding it all in caused her even more pain.

These days, **Camila** says she has learnt to "be friends" with her anxiety without giving her "too much attention. Her OCD rarely appears and anxiety no longer consumes her life.

**Camila** is using her platform to urge her millions of fans and followers to "speak up" about their own struggles too.

"Far from being a sign of weakness, owning our struggles and taking the steps to heal is powerful."

We couldn't agree more **Camila!** 

**Read her full essay at** [**wsj.com**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/camila-cabello-letter-ocd-mental-health-fans-11590668326?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)