According to Alden Richards, this is where he will put his focus for now.
Kapuso actor Alden Richards suffered from depression last year, and this year, he is set to rebuild himself and focus on self-love.
In a sea of thoughts that drowns you, keep swimming. Only you can help yourself, and for Kapuso actor Alden Richards, from being shattered by the year that was, despite the success it brought him, he is now picking up the pieces to rebuild himself again.
This is self-love, and this is what he said he will focus on this year after hitting rock bottom in 2024. Alden said that 2024 was his lowest year, and it took him months to rise from the thoughts and emotions that had drowned him. He was not clinically diagnosed, but he was certain that it was depression.
He said, “Ang nangyari sa akin, paglingon ko don sa timba ko, wala na palang natira sa akin. And then that broke me to a million pieces.”
One of the things that caused his depression was being overgenerous. He admitted that he tends to always put others first before himself. For now, he will focus on self-love as he believes that he owes it to himself.
“I owe it to myself,” he quipped.
Just this year, he started a new era of cycling. He also started running, which, according to him, is helpful to his mental health.
In the same interview, he also expressed his thoughts about the common mindset of people wherein their happiness depends on the status of their love life. For him, this is not the way things are. He wanted his story to be told, not based on the presumption of other people.
“I’m so done with that. I’ve been here long enough. I know I’ve done so much for the industry, and I would like to do more for the industry right now,” he added.
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