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Demi Lovato on Sobriety and Mental Health: 'My Struggles Have Shaped Me'


Us Weekly and the harris project's 'The Missing' issue revisits Demi Lovato's most candid quotes about overcoming co-occurring disorders and her sobriety journey

With her wire-rimmed round glasses, long brown hair and gap-toothed grin, Lovato, 32, skipped, giggled, and danced beside a purple dinosaur on the popular kids show Barney & Friends at just 8 years old. The pop star, 31, got candid about how she’s overcome some of her past struggles during a conversation with Anna Wintour’s son, Dr. Charlie Shaffer, at The Center For Youth Mental Health at NewYork-Presbyterian’s annual benefit event on Monday, June 3. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Teen Vogue “The first time that I dealt with depression was around seven years old,” Lovato said during an October 10, 2024, panel for the World Mental Health Day Festival in New York.

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