Demi Lovato iVillage interview: So many young girls look up to you. Does that ever feel like a lot of pressure?It used to feel like a lot of pressure because I wasn't really honest with everyone. I feel like it's not a lot of pressure when you're just being yourself and you're telling the truth about things. I had issues that I was dealing with in privacy, and I was doing things that normal teenagers go through. But I definitely didn't feel like a role model at the time.
Now that I've talked about the issues that I've dealt with, I feel that I've been very honest and open. When people still call me an inspiration after that, I don't feel pressured at all. I really am just being myself with everyone, and when people accept me for who I am, it feels really, really great.
Last month, you said you were on a dating hiatus. What would a guy have to do to change your mind? There's actually nothing that a guy can do to change my mind right now. It doesn't matter how frickin' good-looking you are, or funny, or how in love with them I am. Right now, there's nobody more important to me than myself and my recovery.
I think that's a thing that a lot of young girls need to remember. There's no one more important than themselves, especially when it comes to girls that are in their late teens or early teens and are trying to figure out who they are. It's really easy to be influenced by a guy that you like, and this is a period of time when you need to figure out yourself. That's what I'm doing right now.
You've been really open about your health issues in the past. Are you feeling good now? It's been an up-and-down roller coaster. It hasn't been totally perfect since I got out of treatment, and I'd be lying if I told you that it has. But at this moment right now, and for a while now, it's been smooth sailing.
I feel like I'm just cruising and having a really amazing time in life. I wouldn't have been able to make it through a summer tour while hosting the Teen Choice Awards and doing X Factor at the same time if I wasn't in a healthy state of mind. I don't really necessarily have an update, but I think that kind of proves itself.
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