Camila Cabello is much more in control of her OCD now
Singer Camila Cabello, who has struggled with the obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) for years, said she has made peace with it. She adds it is the healthy way to approach it.
The 21-year-old singer, says she feels “much more in control” of the condition.
“OCD is weird. I laugh about it now. Everybody has different ways of handling stress,” the Never Be the Same singer told Cosmopolitan magazine.
“And, for me, if I get really stressed 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,” she added.
According to the American Psychological Association, OCD is an anxiety disorder in which people have recurring, unwanted thoughts or sensations (obsessions) that drives them to doing something repetitively (compulsions).
The Havana hitmaker added it was her mother, Sinuhe Cabello, who played an important role in helping her come to terms with the psychological condition.
“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. 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 mum a question for the fourth time and she’ll be like, ‘That’s OCD. You’ve got to let it go’,” she said.