Originally appeared on E! Online

Demi Lovato is confident in her decision to speak out about her mental health.

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The 33-year-old looked back on her three-month stay in rehab in 2010 , expressing why it was so important for her to be speak out about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder as well as her treatment for bulimia.

"I had a decision that had to be made when I had gone to treatment for the first time," Lovato — who has also battled drug and alcohol addictions — told Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang on the Oct. 22 episode of their " Las Culturistas " podcast. "I had this very public outburst when I was 18, which I talk about in some of my documentaries ."

The Disney Channel alum, who had abruptly left

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