Camila Cabello Shares Journey To Getting Help For Her 'Crippling Anxiety' 

Camila Cabello has had a rollercoaster last few years, from catapulting into fame, having her songs top charts, starring in hit films, getting in and out of a relationship with singer Shawn Mendes, and dealing with her mental health and anxiety issues through it all.

Cabello has been very open about how she fought through the anxiety and mental health issues to help herself reach a place where she feels amazing ahead of the release of her third studio album. Read on to learn more about her new perspective on life and how she's doing now.

Cabello shared during a recent interview (per People) that she now has a new perspective on life after coming out of a difficult stretch that inspired her to record new music and create her album.

The 25-year-old singer said that when she started recording for "Familia" (the new album's title), she was not in a good place mentally. She said, "I was cripplingly anxious and was in the worst mental health state ever, and then I took a break at the beginning of the pandemic. I started doing therapy [and] trying to feel better."

She also spoke about these issues during an appearance on "Apple Fitness+ Time to Walk," where she said, "I was just left with my anxiety and my mind. And it was getting in the way of my relationship. It was getting in the way of my friendships, my time at home."

Cabello eventually realized that the only way to get better was to shift her priorities to focus more on her well-being. For her, this meant that she had to stay true to herself no matter what. 

She said, "For me it was, if this process doesn't help me in feeling better, and if it's not me being honest and vulnerable and unfiltered, I don't really see how this is going to happen. That was my intention, was just to be myself, whatever that looked like at the time."

She also said that the vulnerability she felt is infused into her upcoming album, which is "entirely autobiographical." Though she didn't reveal what life events the songs cover exactly, fans expect that some of them will be about her relationship and public breakup with Shawn Mendes. 

Cabello has revealed a few things about the inspiration behind the songs in her new album, including that she just "word-vomited into a mic in the form of a melody." She also said, "It really doesn't get more personal than that. I was all stream of consciousness."

She also revealed that her work and efforts to fix her mental health issues have paid off a lot, as she feels "amazing" and much better now. She said, "There's a sense of trust in myself that I feel like I didn't have before because I was so anxious all the time. I really feel like I'm living my truth, and I'm speaking my truth."

Her album, "Familia," released this Friday, and her fans are super excited about the project. Cabello has credited producers Ricky Reed and Mike Sabath, songwriter Scott Harris, and director Cheche Alara as her inspiration for the album's title.

The "Havana" singer said the sense of community and family that they built with her was a huge contributing factor in her journey to overcoming her anxiety and mental health issues. 

She said they were all her "family by choice" and that "Familia" is all about "community and all the things that make you, you and keep you grounded and make you feel like life is so worth living."