Selena Gomez thinks she was "misdiagnosed" before getting her bipolar disorder diagnosis

Appearing on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast with her husband Benny Blanco, she said: "I knew something was wrong, but I think I was misdiagnosed.

"People were just assuming, and I would try multiple therapists. And that's why it's hard.

"It's actually really hard when we're talking about these things. And for me to go get a therapist, all of it is so f****** complicated."

Selena - who has been to "four different rehabs" to understand her diagnosis - noted how important it is to remember not to "just give up".

Meanwhile, Benny, 37, explained that the Only Murders In The Building actress still has "moments where she's having mania and she doesn't know".

He said: "She'll start to realise she's having it after it's happening, and sometimes she doesn't even remember when it's happening. "It's such a delicate thing because you're not supposed to technically talk to that person about it while they're deep in it."

There are also times when she will be "so hyperaware" and tell her husband that she's "feeling a little manic".

Selena was keen to point out there those "moments of mania" aren't anything to be "ashamed" of as she's able to "catch them a bit quicker" now.

She also noted that having Benny's support helps, particularly as he is able to navigate those episodes.

She added: "It is helpful to have a partner that will understand where the temperature is at and meet you where you are, and then you gradually understand what's happening."

Meanwhile, she is learning to live more "freely" than she did in the past as she learns more about how her condition impacts her daily life.

She said: "The whole hypocrisy of shaming people for therapy or people not understanding it is that it's just not for you.

"That's completely fine, but for me, it finally allowed me to go, 'Oh, that's why I handled things the way I handled it. That's why all the other people were able to get over things so quickly and I wasn't.'

"I would act out of fear, I would act out of love, I would act out of passion. It was all inconsistent, it was crazy."