{"id":23591,"date":"2019-05-13T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1041015"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:40:00","slug":"game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-gets-candid-about-her-mental-health-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-gets-candid-about-her-mental-health-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams Gets Candid About Her Mental Health Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maisie Williams<\/a><\/strong> is opening up to fans like never before.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks after her close friend and co-star Sophie Turner<\/a><\/strong> opened up about her mental health<\/a>, the Game of Thrones<\/em> star is sharing her own struggles in a new interview.<\/p>\n

While appearing on the Happy Place<\/em> podcast<\/a> with Fearne Cotton<\/strong>, Maisie revealed a recent change in her thought process that has had a positive impact on her life.<\/p>\n

“Last year, in my own personal life, I think I just went through a lot of real revelations where I was like I’m not very happy doing this and pretending everything was fine. And so, that wasn’t a public thing but after going through that, now I’ve sort of tried to be a lot more genuine and it just becomes a lot more relaxing after that I think,” she explained. “You just drop it all and that’s when you can really have fun.”<\/p>\n

While the actress is quick to say she’s far from perfect, she has many more good days than bad.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“I still lay in bed at like eleven o’clock at night telling myself all the things I hate about myself. There’s still a journey, I think. But at least dropping the act and just being who you truly are, I think that’s definitely a first step,” Maisie continued. “Not trying to be who you want me to be right now in this moment…”<\/p>\n

With a solid support system of people around her, Maisie feels comfortable talking through her emotional struggles.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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And with being open, the 22-year-old knows that she is not alone.<\/p>\n

“One thing that I’ve learned is that everyone is a little bit sad, and it was really eye opening to me to understand that. But the more that we talk about it and the more that we help one another, I think that’s really important,” she shared in the podcast.<\/p>\n

Maisie continued, “I think there was a period of time where I was very sad and then I came out of that, and now it’s just really terrifying that you’re ever going to slip back into it. That’s still something that I’m really working on because I think that’s’ really hard. It’s really hard to feel sad and not feel completely defeated by it.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Ultimately, when you are doing things you love\u2014like acting in Game of Thrones<\/em>, speaking on a podcast and other projects\u2014it’s less about what other people think. Instead, it’s focusing on yourself and your happiness.<\/p>\n

“I definitely made a couple of really big changes in the last few of months. And it was the most incredible thing when one morning a few weeks ago I just woke up and I’m like, ‘God, all the things I’m doing this week I’m really excited for.’ That was like a real breakthrough for me because I’d been doing so many things that had got so many\u2014so many people thought were amazing but actually I didn’t get a lot of fulfillment from at all,” Maisie shared. “I think that’s something I want to take with me for the future, try to do more things that I’m excited for rather than what people want me to.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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