Demi Lovato talks cutting, eating disorders in new interview In Self's August issue, singer Demi Lovato discusses cutting and eating disorders. July 17, 2012, 10:54 a.m. Demi Lovato talks with candor about her past self-harm in the latest issue of Self magazine. The "X-Factor" judge (who fronts the health magazine's August cover) addresses cutting and eating disorders -- issues for which she sought treatment in rehab in late 2010. "There were times I felt so anxious, almost like I was crawling out of my skin, that if I didn't do something physical to match the way I felt inside, I would explode," Lovato, 19, said. I cut myself to take my mind off that. I just didn't care what happened. I had no fear. The "Give Your Heart a Break" singer, once romantically linked to Joe Jonas, said she has to "work on this stuff every day." "When I was younger, stick-figure thin was in and nobody was talking about eating disorders," she said. I want girls to know that it's OK when they grow up and their body changes. I want them to be aware that certain things they might do to lose weight can be dangerous -- life-threatening, even. On the August cover, a beach-blond Lovato wears a sequin-shimmery lime green dress and a broad smile. Feet in the sand, she lifts a surfboard over her head. It's fresh, baptismal even -- a sign of clear skies ahead? "I surround myself with people who make positive decisions and who have more interests than wanting to go to clubs and get wasted," the former Disney starlet said. My friends and I look out for each other, and I love just inviting everyone over to watch TV. I like 'Law & Order' - except it makes me want to go out and inspect everyone on the street to see if they're a serial killer! Jodie Foster, your 'daughter' Kristen Stewart is talking sexy Madonna's swastika statement elicits legal threats in France Jennifer Lopez's 'X-Factor' advice to Britney Spears, Demi Lovato