Camila Cabello shares she suffered from ‘toxic stress’ for years which gave her anxiety

Camila Cabello shares she suffered from ‘toxic stress’ for years which gave her anxiety and OCD leaving her feeling ‘inadequate’… after slamming body shamers

By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:41 EDT, 18 August 2021 | Updated: 10:57 EDT, 18 August 2021

Camila Cabello’s mental health struggles made her feel ‘inadequate’.

The 24-year-old pop star experienced ‘toxic stress for years’ and she admits that it had a damaging impact on her mental health.

‘OCD and anxiety was really hard for me. So many times, I was like, “There must be something wrong with me. I must be inadequate in some way, because just functioning is hard for me right now,”‘ she shared.

Hard road: Camila Cabello’s mental health struggles made her feel ‘inadequate’. The 24-year-old pop star experienced ‘toxic stress for years’ and she admits that it had a damaging impact on her mental health

Tough past: ‘OCD and anxiety was really hard for me. So many times, I was like, “There must be something wrong with me. I must be inadequate in some way, because just functioning is hard for me right now,”‘ she shared. Seen this month

Camila shot to fame as a teenager when she joined Fifth Harmony and despite the success she’s achieved in the music industry, she still has many unfulfilled ambitions in her sights.

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The brunette beauty admitted she’d love to study at New York University (NYU) one day.

She told Bustle magazine: ‘I love information. I feel I would have had so much fun in college. Maybe I would have also been crushed under homework, but I do love learning. I love reading … I’d love to go to NYU in person and study some cool things.’

She wants school: Camila shot to fame as a teenager when she joined Fifth Harmony and despite the success she’s achieved in the music industry, she still has many unfulfilled ambitions in her sights like going to NYU

I need the 411: She told Bustle magazine : ‘I love information. I feel I would have had so much fun in college. Maybe I would have also been crushed under homework, but I do love learning. I love reading … I’d love to go to NYU in person and study some cool things’

Camila has been dating fellow pop star Shawn Mendes since 2019, and she admits that he’s been a crucial pillar of support.

She said: ‘Having somebody that’s real, that’s not ever going to let you get out of line, has been so important to me. I think that’s why I never really got lost in the industry. I had challenges with my mental health, but I was never lost.’

She also told Bustle that she ‘never had any friends’ during her younger years. The singer admits that her jam-packed working schedule has made it tough for her to establish strong friendships over the years.

The brunette beauty shared: ‘I’ve been [working] since I was 15. I’ve been travelling so much, and it’s been really hard for me to water the soil for friendships.

‘It’s hard for me to get close to people.’

He is real: Camila has been dating fellow pop star Shawn Mendes since 2019, and she admits that he’s been a crucial pillar of support. She said: ‘Having somebody that’s real, that’s not ever going to let you get out of line, has been so important to me’

Camila starred in Fifth Harmony alongside Ally Brooke, Normani, Lauren Jauregui, and Dinah Jane, before she quit the chart-topping group in 2016.

But even during her time in the band, she largely spent her downtime with her mother.

Camila told Bustle magazine: ‘[My mom and I] would always, after work, go to dinner. Go get sushi together, go for a walk. It was always me and my mom. Probably to the extreme. Because I never had any friends.’

Camila opened for Taylor Swift on her 2018 Reputation tour, and they’ve subsequently established a strong bond.

The ‘Senorita’ hitmaker – who has been dating Shawn Mendes since 2019 – explained: ‘Taylor has always been so kind and supportive and also goes out of her way to give you artist advice.

‘[She’s] really about making friendships and relationships the most important thing. She is so brave at watering those seeds of friendships and relationships.’

Camila is thankful that Taylor, 31, always takes the time to speak to her, regardless of how busy she is.

Friends are hard to find: She also told Bustle that she ‘never had any friends’ during her younger years. The singer admits that her jam-packed working schedule has made it tough for her to establish strong friendships over the years. The brunette beauty shared: ‘I’ve been [working] since I was 15’

She said: ‘She always answers my texts and she’s so busy. I don’t even answer texts because I’m just worse at it. It takes intention to be like, ‘Let me write all my friends back.”

Meanwhile, Camila recently claimed that ‘social media can be a good thing’ when it comes to spreading positive messages.

The singer shared a video in which she called out her body-shamers and said she was proud of her figure, ‘curves and cellulite and stretch marks and fat’ and all.

Camila subsequently said that while social media makes it easier for her critics to send her negative comments, it also gives her the chance to hit back and turn it into something positive.

She explained: ‘I think that social media can be a good thing.

‘For me, like posting about that video that I posted about my body and being like, ‘I have cellulite and stretch marks and gain weight sometimes and that’s normal’ – having messages like that feels really liberating.’

New project: The star can next be seen in Cinderella with Minnie Driver and Pierce Brosnan

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