Demi Lovato says she has ‘compassion’ for social media trolls and no longer seeks validation online

Demi Lovato opened up about how her “relationship with social media has evolved over the years.”

The Confident hitmaker, 31, revealed she went from seeking validation online “to not looking at internet comments at all.”

“If I see something negative, it doesn’t affect me like it used to,” he said. People. “And I don’t know if it’s just age or how many years I’ve been in the public eye, I just don’t let it affect me like it used to.”

While reflecting on her growing up, the Camp Rock actress said that social media no longer “has the power over her” like it “used to.”

Overall, she reflected on how “really refreshing” and “liberating” that she doesn’t care “what other people have to say about” her.

Additionally, he refrains from doing ‘deep dives’ in his comment sections to avoid negativity.

Over the years, she has also come to have “compassion” for those who criticize her behind a screen.

Later in the interview, Lovato also reflected on the advice she would give her younger self.

“What I would tell my teenage self is don’t hold yourself to anyone’s standards but your own,” she told readers. “And if yours becomes too critical, then he looks inside you and tries to find that self-love.”

The Grammy nominee continued, “I think it’s so important to find self-love no matter how old you are.”

Demi began her career at age 10 with a role on Barney & Friends and became a Disney Channel fixture with her show Sonny With a Chance and the Camp Rock franchise.

The star has been open about her mental health and addiction, as well as her eating disorder.

Demi also survived a near-fatal overdose in July 2018.

Demi’s near-fatal overdose led to long-term complications, including partial vision loss and partial hearing loss.

He took OxyContin that he believes was laced with fentanyl, causing his overdose.

Demi suffered three strokes and a heart attack while in the hospital.

“I was left with brain damage and I still deal with the effects of that today. “I don’t drive a car because I have blind spots in my vision,” she said in 2021 in a panel of her documentary Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, via People.

‘And I also had a hard time reading for a long time. “It was a big problem when I was able to read a book, which was like two months later because my vision was so blurry,” she added.

The former child star previously opened up about her eating disorder and distorted perception of body image, as well as the treatment she underwent.

‘The first time I went to treatment was when I was 18 years old. I went because of my eating disorder, self-harm and emotional problems. And when I told that experience, I was faced with the decision of ‘keep your mouth shut and say nothing’ or share the strength of your experience in the hope that it will affect them in a positive way,” Demi said on NBC News. Savannah Sellers from NOW.

Adding: ‘I wish I had someone when I was 13 and had an eating disorder and was starving. I wanted someone in the public eye to say, “Hey, this is what I’ve been through and you don’t have to choose that path.”

Demi noted that as a teenager, Young Hollywood was “very, very, very thin,” which negatively affected his diet and mental health.