Camila Cabello: I Feel in Control of My Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Now

Emily Wang
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'Havana' singer Camila Cabello talks about life with obsessive-compulsive disorder in the new issue of Cosmopolitan U.K.

Camila Cabello has opened up about her mental health before, speaking candidly about her anxiety in interviews and on social media. Now, she's speaking out about her obsessive-compulsive disorder in the June issue of Cosmopolitan U.K..

"OCD is weird. I laugh about it now," she said, per E! Online. "Everybody has different ways of handling stress. And, for me, if I get really stressed thinking about something, I'll start to have the same thought over and over again, and no matter how many times I get to the resolution, I feel like something bad is about to happen if I don't keep thinking about it."

Once Camila got diagnosed, her obsessive-compulsive disorder became easier to handle, she explained. "I didn't know what it was and when I found out, and [learned] how to step back from it, it made me feel so much better," she said. "I feel so much more in control of it now. To the point where I'm just like, 'Aha! OK, this is just my OCD.' I'll ask my mom a question for the fourth time, and she'll be like, 'That's OCD. You've got to let it go.'"

Previously, in an interview with Billboard, Camila discussed how she deals with her anxiety. "I was having terrible anxiety, nonstop," she said, when asked about her high and low points of the year. "My heart would beat really fast the whole day. Two hours after I woke up, I'd need a nap because my body was so hyperactive. It was so eff—sorry, but it was so f*cked up. I was scared of what would happen to me, of the things my brain might tell me. I realized the stuff I thought was important isn't worth my health. Now I write in a diary every day, work out, and meditate."

Four months after the interview, Camila had to leave during a Fifth Harmony concert because she was dealing with her anxiety. "Hi Missouri, sorry I couldn't finish the set last night," she wrote on Snapchat at the time. "Was having too much anxiety and couldn't finish it. I love u. I'm truly sorry."

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