Sophie Belinda Jonas (née Turner) is part of the most famous TV show ever (Game of Thrones). Many girls would do anything to be where she is today, but sadly in our heads, things are seen very differently.
“I was in a really special position and I count myself very lucky for that but I don’t think I viewed myself as worthy of anything that I was doing” – Sophie.
She was on the biggest TV show ever and she didn’t feel worthy enough. Does this sound familiar?
We are beating ourselves on daily basis, completely tearing apart our self-esteem thinking that somehow we should be more, do more, that everybody is doing much better in life and whatever you accomplish you don’t feel worthy of it. We judge ourselves first before anyone does and we become depressed, anxious and scared of everything. We become smaller and smaller every day.
Sophie’s depression began when she was 17, four years into her role on Game of Thrones. She thinks that social media played a big part of her poor mental health. People made terrible comments about her weight and her skin at the time and her self-esteem as a teenager was lower than ever.
She would ignore ten good messages and let that one negative and hateful comment ruin her day. When you start to believe those hateful things, you become the biggest bully in your life and you let that energy affect every aspect of your life. Soon, you won’t recognize yourself anymore because you let that negative voice inside your head to dictate and question everything you do.
Why do we fear other people’s opinions? You can’t be liked by everybody. So do what you have to do and remember, every great achievement was done with the courage to overpower and mute the voices of negative people who believed that it could never be done.
Many of those voices actually come from jealous, insecure and weak people who never take risks. Those who are actually intimidated by you. So stop caring so much about what other people think of you because people think about themselves. They’re so involved with their own lives and problems that they won’t think about you for more than five seconds. Why living in a fear of being judged?
When you suffer from depression, the simple mundane everyday stuff become very difficult to do. Sophie alleged that at some point in her life she had suicidal thoughts.
“I’ve suffered with my depression for five or six years now. The biggest challenge for me is getting out of bed and getting out of the house,” she said. “I’d say I wasn’t very depressed when I was younger, but I used to think about suicide a lot when I was younger. I don’t know why though.”
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Sophie almost lost two very close people in her life when they tried to commit suicide and that affected her mental health the more. But she took the matter in her own hands and asked for help. Step by step, she started to feel much better.
She admitted: “I’ve been doing therapy, I’m on medication and I love myself now or more than I used to.”
So many people are plagued with depression, anxiety, body issues and so on. If they would just open up to their friends, even their family, it would be okay. You just have to speak to someone and get the help that you need. Don’t play with your therapy or medications if it really comes down to it.
