ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – NOVEMBER 12: Lisa Jakub attends the 2021 New Jersey Horror Film & Scam Festival at Showboat Atlantic City on November 12, 2021 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
Lisa Jacob He was one of the youthful faces that shaped Hollywood in the 90s. She made her debut on the big screen at the age of seven when she appeared in the 1985 drama “Eleni” alongside John Malkovich. However, the role that would bring her fame came almost a decade later, when she was chosen as a companion in 1993 Robin Williams in the family classic Potato forever.
Jakub, who was accompanied by other child stars of the decade, such as Mara Wilson either Matthew LawrenceHe was responsible for giving it life one of Williams’ character’s daughterswho played this lovable father who, after his divorce, poses as an older woman to sneak into her old home as a babysitter.
The film, which was a success at the time with over $441.2 million at the worldwide box office, propelled the young actress’ career and led to her working with other renowned directors such as Joe Dante matinee or in science fiction classics like Independence Day. However, her fame was no picnic and led to problems that forced her to leave Hollywood.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – NOVEMBER 22: Lisa Jakub attends the premiere of “Mrs. Doubtfire” on November 22, 1993 at the Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
The truth is that the pace of life in the cinema mecca was too much for her. In a text that the actress published on the website of one of her current projects, she admitted that she had focused on acting and leaving school, as well as the usual childhood activities It led to serious social problems.
“I didn’t ride my bike, I didn’t play an instrument and I didn’t go to Girl Scouts, so I didn’t know how to talk to children my age.“, emphasized Jakub, who She admits that she was forced into therapy since she was six years old when he took his first steps in the industry by filming commercials.
“Because of this social awkwardness, people around me feared that being a child actress would ruin my life and possibly turn me into a hedonistic attention seeker. “You weren’t wrong to be worried.”
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Jakub said that he suffered from panic attacks from the age of 11 and that he experienced his first serious crisis at the age of 13., which made it impossible for him to appreciate the success he achieved in Hollywood with Daddy Forever or Independence Day. Over time the situation became more complicated and The thought of suicide came to his mindIt was at this point that he realized he desperately needed help and decided to escape this world that was so cruel to vulnerable childhoods like his own.
“If box office results had correlated with mental health, I would have done very well. But it wasn’t like that and I wasn’t feeling well. My anxiety, depression and panic attacks were debilitating and my life no longer felt like my own,” he continued. “I felt like life was collapsing around me. I sat on the edge of the bathtub with a razor blade in my hand. I realized that if I wanted to survive, I needed help“.
And so, in 2000, when I was 22 years old, He made the decision to leave Hollywood and pursue a life focused on meditation to heal his mental health.. She moved to Virginia and began working on cognitive behavioral therapies through yoga, techniques that helped her grow and motivated her to try to help other people. He completed professional meditation training and opened his own yoga and health center, to which he also added books and texts in the press and on the Internet about his experiences and reflections.
“The Hollywood life, with its superficiality, misogyny and endless competition, was not for me. At age 22, I left home and moved across the country to find a life that wouldn’t leave me curled up and sobbing. When I arrived in Virginia, I thought everything would be different. But changing external circumstances does not solve internal problems,” he reflected on this radical change in his life.
“So I started doing the inner work. Cognitive behavioral therapy. Meditation. Yoga. Therapeutic writing. I was very, very honest about the work I needed to do. It was’nt easy. I have a long time. and saved my life“.
Today, at 44 years old, Lisa Jacob He continues to focus on his mental health and does all these therapeutic activities on a personal and professional level. If we look at her networks, where she defines herself as a “retired author, speaker and actress,” we can see that she lives a healthy and happy life taking care of herself. He shares his experiences and has no intention of returning to the world that caused him so many problems in his childhood and adolescence.. Although yes, he has always been allowed to meet his father friends and has never hesitated to take part in film conventions or activities related to this Robin Williams classic.
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