Gomez has additionally let or not it’s identified that the highway to feeling higher may be lengthy and filled with twists and turns.
“Final 12 months, I used to be struggling mentally and emotionally and I wasn’t capable of keep all saved up and collectively,” Gomez mentioned whereas accepting the McLean Award, given to those that have furthered the general public’s understanding of psychiatric sickness and psychological well being, on the Massachusetts hospital’s annual gala in September 2019. “I wasn’t capable of preserve a smile or to maintain issues wanting regular. It felt like all of my ache and my anxiousness washed over me all of sudden and it was one of many scariest moments of my life.”
“I sought help and the docs have been capable of give me a transparent prognosis,” she continued. “The second I acquired that info, I truly felt equal components of terrified and relieved. Terrified, clearly, as a result of that veil was lifted, however relieved that I had the data of why I had suffered for thus a few years with melancholy and anxiousness.”
Noting how grateful she was for the help system at McLean, Gomez added, “Though this doesn’t imply that it has all gone away, I can say that after a 12 months of quite a lot of intense work, that I’m happier, I’m more healthy and I am accountable for my feelings and ideas greater than I’ve ever been.”
