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If you watched Demi Lovato singing her new song, "Confident," on a recent Saturday Night Live episode, it would probably stun you to learn that just a few years ago, the former Disney star underwent a three-month-long residential treatment for anorexia, bulimia, and cutting.
"I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar," Lovato told People magazine in 2011. Bipolar disorder, AKA manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in energy, mood, and activity levels. It can also interfere with your daily ability to function, according to the National Institute for Mental Health.
As she recovered, this was less of an issue for Lovato. "I feel like I am in control now, where for my whole life, I wasn't in control," she told People.
