Sophie Turner turns to therapy after being pressured to lose weight during Game of Thrones

On the screen, as Game of thrones& # 39; badass Sansa Stark, Sophie Turner seems invincible. After all, she fought the mystic White Walkers, the rough king Joffrey and the sadist Ramsay Bolton. But behind the scenes of the HBO drama, the actress fought against demons.

"I was a victim of mental illness and saw what it brought to the people around me [the sufferers] also, "the star confessed to Marie Claire Australia for their June cover story. "My metabolism suddenly decided to fall into the depths of the ocean and I started to become irregular, gaining weight and all that happened to me on camera.

When studio managers started pressuring her to lose weight, she found solace in therapy. "Everyone needs a therapist, especially when people are constantly telling you that you are not good enough and that you do not look well enough," he said. said the Briton. "I think it's necessary to have someone to talk to and help you through that."

Last month, the 23-year-old opened the Dr. Philpodcast of Phil in the whites about his "five or six" years battle with depression. "The biggest challenge for me is getting out of bed and getting out of the house," she said. "Learning to love is the biggest challenge."

She added that the negative comments on social media were particularly detrimental to her self-esteem. "I believe it," she says. "I would say," Yes, I'm spotted. I am fat. I am a bad actress. "I would just believe it. [the costume department] to stretch my corset a lot. I became very very conscious of myself. "