Priyanka Chopra Jonas on racist bullying in high school

The actor’s first memories, Unfinished, hits the shelves on February 9, and Chopra Jonas apparently details the racist bullying she suffered at an American school – a topic she elaborated in an interview with People.

“I took it personally. Deep down, it starts to gnaw at you,” she admitted as she discussed the bullying she experienced at an American school at age 15.

The experience was bad enough that Chopra Jonas finally returned to India to finish his studies.

“I went into a shell. I was like, ‘Don’t look at me. I just want to be invisible. My confidence has been destroyed. I always considered myself a confident person, but I wasn’t sure where I was, who I was.”

According to People, details of Chopra Jonas in Unfinished like her schoolmates in Newton, Massachusetts, they would shout racist insults at her as she walked down the hall.

“I don’t even blame the city, honestly,” she mused. “I just think it was the girls who, at that age, just want to say something that will hurt. Now, on the other side of the 35, I can say that it probably comes from a place where they are insecure. time, I took it a lot personally. “

After “[breaking] with America, “Chopra Jonas found solace in returning to India.” I was so blessed that when I returned to India, I was surrounded by a lot of love and admiration for who I was. Returning to India healed me after that high school experience. “

“In America, I was trying not to be different. Right? I was trying to fit in and I wanted to be invisible. When I went to India, I chose to be different.”

In sharing his experience, Chopra Jonas says he hopes to inspire others to find themselves in the face of sadness or despair. “Insecurity subsides as soon as you talk about it with someone you trust: a therapist, a counselor. I feel like a lot of people spend time when they are feeling dark [in isolation]. That is the worst thing to do, is to feel sad alone. “

“Sadness is very seductive. It sucks you and you just want to wallow because it is comfortable and warm – and the light is sometimes strong. [But] you have to look at it, squint. [The light is] a lot, but it gives you life. It gives you joy.

“We have a choice, most of the time, to get out of the darkness ourselves. The best way I have found to do that is by talking to people who care.”