The star also reflected on her My Mind & Me documentary at a SXSW panel.
The couple briefly split in 2016, but reconciled shortly after.
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"After taking a hard look at where I am and where I was going, I need to pull myself back and be home with my family for the time being," the Slipknot artist wrote in his statement.
The singer also said that the "Barbie" song came at a time when she was in a "dark episode" in her life.
"I know if I really slow down and listen when I'm low there’s always something to hear," he wrote on Instagram.
The K-pop star said having a large social media following makes her feel vulnerable, particularly when people are critical.
“I wanted to help others. I wish that I had somebody when I was 13 years old and having an eating disorder and starving myself," Lovato reflected.
"I feel like I am in control now, where my whole life I wasn't in control," Lovato said at the inaugural Hollywood & Mind Summit.
The MHA has saved music clients more than an estimated $100 million in healthcare costs.
