Selena Gomez discusses how mental health struggle taking its toll on country with Kamala Harris

Selena Gomez touched on painful mental health struggles during recent conversations with US vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

The discussion occurred over on Instagram and during the course of it all, the Grammy award winning singer shared her own story rather candidly.

She was quoted telling Harris, "I myself have, you know, shared my story about my mental health journey and I just read too much, I think, about how deep that this country is being affected mentally.”

"I've had so many dreams about, you know, creating places that people could go to. I think there's a part of me that wishes we had some sort of place that felt like, okay, maybe you just need to get help."

The singer also went on to say, "You know, it should be something that people can understand and break down, because I truly know that this is something that's important and important to me."