Selena Gomez's engagement sparks both joyful and skeptical reactions

Selena Gomez is engaged to record producer Benny Blanco – and many can’t stop smiling.

“Selena Gomez finally gets her happy ending,” one X user wrote. “Everyone supports and celebrates our girl and her engagement,” another added. “Selena is so loved and adored.”

These reactions make sense when you think about what the 32-year-old Only Murders in the Building actress has been through in her life. Your mental health is struggling. Your fight against lupus. Her public relationship and her breakup with Justin Bieber.

However, some expressed confusion as the relationship progressed. “Selena Gomez marrying Benny Blanco is the equivalent of the hottest girl in college dating the most random and unexpected guy,” one X user put it – a tamer criticism than others who have written more superficial remarks .

Whatever you think of her, it makes sense that if you’re at all familiar with celebrity culture, you should try to connect your life to hers in some way. We see ourselves in celebrities to give meaning to our own lives.

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“What comes with being a ‘people’s champion’ like Selena Gomez is that, on the one hand, I think you have a lot of fans who care because of all the struggles that she’s been through and the persona that they’ve taken on because of it “They have that because they grew up watching them,” says Kevin Chapman, founder and director of the Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, “but then again they assume they know what’s best for them is kind of potential partner she might have in the future.

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“I’ve never seen her so happy”

If you’re feeling a certain way about your engagement, remember that it’s normal to compare yourself to someone else. But it can easily get out of hand.

“Especially in the digital age of social media, where people are inundated with unrealistic beauty standards and expectations in the form of filtered images to convey a picture-perfect life, an unhealthy and negative space can be created, fueled by feelings of inadequacy, low self-esteem “etc. fuels mental health issues like depression and anxiety,” says Chase Cassine, licensed clinical social worker.

But maybe that’s why people who have been paying attention are so interested in Gomez. Her happiness in her life comes amidst all the pain she has experienced, including being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The two can coexist.

“Once I figured out what was going on mentally, I felt like I had more freedom to be okay with what I had,” Gomez said at the White House a few years ago. “Raising attention to mental health through the media or simply speaking about your own experiences can help. It shows that this is a topic that can and should be discussed freely and without shame.”

Her most loyal fans have taken this journey with her and are overjoyed. “In all my 15+ years of supporting Selena, I have never seen her so happy,” one X user wrote.

In case you missed it:An emotional Selena Gomez explains why mental health is “personal” at an MTV event at the White House

Stop projecting on Selena Gomez

Haters about Gomez’s relationship with Blanco may want to take a step back, Chapman says. Imagining how you would live your life adds nothing to the conversation.

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