Sophie Turneris crediting hernew husbandJoe Jonaswith helping her through a difficult time in her life.
In a recent interview with theSunday Times,the 23-year-old actress said that she was “going through this phase of being very mentally unwell” when she first met Jonas, 29.
“Having your adolescence being displayed in public, that’s something I really wish hadn’t happened,” Turner said of growing up onGame of Thrones. “Being in the age of social media when that’s happening, I think I would be a much saner person if I hadn’t been documented from 13 — your most awkward, uncomfortable, unsure-of-yourself years.”
Turner said that her body started to change over the many years of filming, and she eventually went to therapy after she started “calorie counting” and missing periods.
“Suddenly, everyone’s metabolism slows down at 17, 18 and then that’s documented,” she told the outlet. “My skin and everything. People commenting on it. I was too aware of my body at a young age. And it just kind of took over my mind, it was all I would think about. Calorie counting, everything. Oh, I’ll just eat nuts today.”
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TheDark Phoenixstar added, “I stopped having my period for a year — that’s when I decided to have therapy.”
Turner met Jonas at age 20 when she was “going through this phase of being very mentally unwell,” she recalled of that time in her life.
“He was, like, ‘I can’t be with you until you love yourself, I can’t see you love me more than you love yourself.’ That was something, him doing that,” she continued. “I think he kind of saved my life, in a way.”
The actress also revealed that the couple once broke up for a day.
“It was the worst day of our lives,” she told theTimes. “For a second we both had cold feet, then 24 hours later we were both, like, ‘Never mind.’ ”
Turner has previously been open about her struggles with mental health.
In an interview withMarie ClaireAustraliafor their June issue, she said thatshe dealt with criticism from fans over her body, and had film and television studios telling her to lose weight. To deal with it, she turned to therapy.
“My metabolism suddenly decided to fall to the depths of the ocean and I started to get spotty and gain weight, and all of this was happening to me on camera,” Turner said.
“Everyone needs a therapist, especially when people are constantly telling you you’re not good enough and you don’t look good enough,” she continued. “I think it’s necessary to have someone to talk to, and to help you through that.”
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Therapy has helped, Turner said in the interview,along with her new husband.
“I feel much better. I’ve been doing therapy at CAST centers, actually. I’m on medication,” she said. “I love myself now, or more than I used to, I think. I don’t think I loved myself at all. But I’m now with someone that makes me realize that I do have some redeeming qualities, I suppose. When someone tells you they love you every day, it makes you really think about why that is and I think it makes you love yourself a bit more. So yeah, I love myself.”
The actressshared a similar sentimentin a March interview withGlamour U.K.
“A lot of [my happiness now] is to do with being with a person I’ve fallen in love with, who loves me more than he loves himself, and who wants to see me find my own happiness,” she said of Jonas.
source: people.com
