In Demi Lovato's latest hit "Skyscraper," she sings about being torn down, but rising above.

It's an appropriate comeback anthem for the singer, who completed treatment for "emotional and physical" issues in January, but still considers herself on the road to recovery.

She's not completely healed, Lovato, 18, tells AOL Music. "This is an ongoing process, and the hardest part about these diseases is that they're things that I'm going to have to face every day for the rest of my life."



Since her three-month stay at the center, she says she's come a long way in her battle with bulimia, anorexia, self-mutilation, depression and bipolar disorder.

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Demi Lovato has come a long way since checking into treatment almost a year ago for "emotional and physical issues."

The Disney star, 19, says she wants to be a "role model."

"There was nobody out there for me to look at and say maybe this is unhealthy," Lovato, who battled eating disorders, says on an episode of the The Ellen DeGeneres Show scheduled to air Tuesday. "I want to be that for a 13-year old girl at home deciding whether or not to eat dinner, or an 18-year-old girl deciding whether or not to keep her breakfast down."

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Demi Lovato and Kim Kardashian have developed a close friendship – and their bond was solidified by Kardashian's loyalty during a tough time for her pal.

When Lovato, 19, worked through her eating disorder and other issues last year and entered treatment in October, Kardashian, 30, was there for her.

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The Disney starlet, 18, has joined Seventeen as a contributing editor, and tells the magazine of the events that led her to seek help last fall. Her in-patient treatment ended in January.

"I basically had a nervous breakdown. I was really bad off. My parents and my manager pulled me aside and said, 'You need to get some help.' It was an intervention. I wanted freedom from the inner demons. I wanted to start my life over," she tells Seventeen.

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Demi Lovato appears to have a man in her life.

The singer, 19, was spotted smooching former beau Wilmer Valderrama, 31, in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday.

The actress, who split from Joe Jonas in 2010, was linked to Valderrama shortly after the breakup. Later that year, she entered treatment for eating disorders and bipolar disorder.

While Lovato and Valderrama were photographed in a passionate embrace, they remain mum about their relationship.

Demi Lovato is back with a successful album, even topping former flame Joe Jonas, but she hasn't forgotten her past mistakes.

Lovato, who sought treatment over a year ago for "emotional and physical issues,? says she employs a new vigilance when allowing people into her inner circle.

"Just to be careful who you trust. Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust," the singer and actress, 19, tells Parade. "I still learn that over and over again."

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After being spotlight for trying to overcome "emotional and physical" issues, Demi Lovato celebrated her 19th birthday Thursday night with a private, Red Bull-fueled party.

The former Disney star, whose actual birthday is Saturday, teamed up with Sober Is Sexy clothing designer Hanna Beth for a joint birthday bash at Beacher's Madhouse in Hollywood.

Lovato – clad in a silver spiked Marco Marco shoulder dress – made Sober Is Sexy and glam rock the themes of the party where guests included Derek Hough, Tiffany Thornton and Hunter Parrish.

"There was no alcohol, but an open Red Bull bar," says a partygoer. "People who weren't dressed glam rock weren't admitted."

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