Kita-Kita Aje!- EPISOD 31: "Saya terperangkap dalam watak sama masih dipandang sebagai kanak-kanak."

Early Career and Typecasting Issues
📌 Mia Sara started modeling and acting at five years old, initially viewing her work as an adventure and enjoyable experience.
🛑 She felt pressured when she reached adolescence (around age 15) because people continued to typecast her as a child actor despite her being 21 years old.
💼 This typecasting restricted her from taking on more mature or diverse roles, forcing her to feel trapped in a career path she enjoyed but needed to evolve from.

Mental Health Struggles and Public Scrutiny
😟 Mia experienced emotional and mental pressure, leading to anxiety starting around age 15, which later progressed to depression.
🛑 Symptoms included panic attacks in crowded places, shaking, and avoiding social interaction, leading her to hide in the toilet to cope.
🗣️ She faced intense public scrutiny and judgment on social media (Twitter, TikTok) from people commenting on her appearance, lack of academic progress, and personal life choices, often feeling unheard or not allowed to have opinions.
💔 A significant crisis involved a public misunderstanding after she tried to defend another young actress, leading to severe backlash, rumors, and causing her to reach a point where she considered ending her life using a shaver.

Coping Mechanisms and Healing Journey
➡️ A crucial part of healing involved removing toxic people who made her feel insecure and pushed her down, which took years to fully execute.
👩‍👧‍👦 She eventually found the courage to open up to her father and mother; her mother's reaction was intense crying as she recognized Mia was going through similar struggles, providing significant support.
💖 Mia learned to love herself, gain self-confidence, and realized that while she couldn't control public perception, she could control who she spent her time with, resulting in feeling secure by the time of the interview.
🤝 She sought guidance by speaking with senior actors about their journeys through public pressure, specifically mentioning Leona Azhar Sulaiman, who handled severe criticism without visible effect, offering Mia perspective.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Mia Sara advocates for the necessity of allowing personal growth and evolving beyond childhood personas, emphasizing, "I am not that person. I am not that Mia Sara kecil-kecil anymore."
➡️ Developing social anxiety while working in a field that requires constant socializing (like hosting) was a major conflict, leading her to rely on her father for public relations.
➡️ The intense public judgment led her to stop actively using her large social media platforms (2 million+ followers on Instagram/TikTok) because the negative feedback exacerbated her mental health decline.
➡️ Her current focus is on pursuing acting roles that align with her principles while maintaining a stable mind, which she feels she has now built a strong foundation for over four years of struggle.

📸 Video summarized with SummaryTube.com on Jan 31, 2026, 15:58 UTC