Millie Bobby Brown goes to therapy and keeps a journal to monitor her mental health.
The “Stranger Things” actress says she’s on a mission to focus on her self-care and hates how the world perceives her in terms of her appearance.
She told Glamor magazine in a video chat: “I go to therapy, I journal, I take self-care days.
“I think self-care is so much about wearing a mask and putting on a scrunchie, but really it’s about lighting a candle and taking a moment for yourself, counting your blessings, kissing your true inner self and nourishing that.”
Millie also recounted a recent incident in which she felt mistreated because of her appearance in public.
She said: “The other day I was in a restaurant and I was asked if I could take a photo with this man, and I said, ‘No. I really don’t want to do it today. And he said, “Well, you’re not that pretty anyway.”
“So I feel like things like that, those examples and those daily challenges are the things that I’ve struggled with the most — just not being able to see the inside of who I am and maybe the fact that I was just struggling that day, or not able to do it.
“Talking about the outside and my appearance is kind of what I struggle with.”
Millie has been named one of Glamor’s Women of the Year 2023 – alongside actress America Ferrera, 39, and each has their own cover of the title in a special edition of the magazine.
The actress, who rose to fame playing Eleven in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” revealed in an interview to mark the honor that she felt “penalized” for speaking too loudly when she first became famous.
She was criticized for acting excited in interviews when she became world famous, and said of her first media appearances with her “Stranger Things” co-stars: “We’re kids, we talk to each other. I just got penalized for talking too much, sharing too much and being too loud.
She remembers being accused by trolls of “trying to steal the spotlight” from her castmates and adults calling her “idiot,” “stupid” and a “brat.”
Millie, who is engaged to Jake Bongiovi, the 21-year-old son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi:
“It’s hard to hear that at 13. We say to ourselves: “I never want to speak again. I don’t want to be the loud person.
“During the interviews, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the comments. So I just reminded myself to stay quiet and speak when spoken to, even though I was dying to participate. I just felt like it wasn’t my turn.
