The singer and actress Selena Gomez posted a photo on Instagram announcing that she has made the decision to move away from social networks again in order to “go back and live”. This is not the first time that the former star of Disney Channel denies the networks. In 2016, he did the same thing while living her fight against lupus.

The message that the singer has shared on Instagram along with the image has been direct and casual, but has given some of the reasons that motivated her decision: “Update: I take a break from social networks. I am grateful for the voice that networks give to each one of us, I am equally grateful to be able to take a step back and live my life in this moment, just a little kindness and encouragement! Just remember: the negative comments They can hurt someone’s feelings. Obviously.

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Mood lol (I was looking at myself in the mirror -like an idiot!) Update: taking a social media break. Again. As much as I am grateful for the voice that social media gives each of us, I am equally grateful to be able to step back and live my life present to the moment I have been given. Kindness and encouragement only for a bit! Just remember- negative comments can hurt anybody’s feelings. Obvi.

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Sep 23, 2018 at 4:37pm PDT

Shortly before publishing the image, the actress of ‘The Wizards of Waverly Place’ had told in an Instagram Story that she was dealing with problems of anxiety and depression. Already in 2017, she told TIME Firsts how difficult life was for social networks: “It’s hard enough to get up every day and feel good about yourself without having to see the headlines of everyone.”

Selena Gomez has shown on other occasions her disenchantment with the networks, to the point of not having the Instagram application installed on her mobile and not remembering her password, as she commented in an extensive interview for ELLE: “I do not have my password or the application on my phone I do not even have photo editing applications I have Peak, a game to train the brain The reason for this is that the networks are not real for me It’s my life I live the way I want But it’s about making an effort consciously, if I do not have a moment to be with my friends, I’ll take that time. ”

Although she leaves Instagram, she does not stop working

Although it is and always will be Alex Russo from ‘The Wizards of Waverly Place’ for an entire generation, the actress has made many risky projects with which she wanted to get away from the Disney Channel product. With ‘Spring Breakers’, for example, the cult film that starred with James Franco and Vanessa Hudgens, took a great leap and achieved their goal of breaking with their previous work. ‘Rudderless’ or ‘Behaving Badly’ are other examples of that stage of the actress.