Vidya
Balan
Opens
Up
About
Her
Journey
To
Self-Acceptance
The
actress
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Pinkvilla,
"Its
been
a
long
journey
and
it
is
work
in
progress.
I
am
not
accepting
myself
every
single
day,
there
are
days
when
I
get
up
feeling
angry
with
myself,
feel
wronged
about
something,
some
old
rejection
shows
up,
god
knows
what
is
the
trigger,
not
feeling
good
about
your
body,
so
I
think
it
is
never
absolute.
The
process
is
never
complete."
Vidya
Balan
Says
She
Has
Been
Working
With
A
Healer
For
A
Few
Years
Now
She
continued,
"But,
I
think
the
thing
is
to
realise
and
to
see
in
those
times
how
far
you
have
come
and
to
realise
that
it
is
never
too
late
to
start
working
on
yourself.
When
I
say
start
working
on
yourself,
I
don't
mean
going
to
the
gym,
or
change
diet,
but
what
I
mean
is
just
be
kind
to
your
self.
I
think
most
of
us
forget
that.
I
have
been
working
with
a
healer
for
a
few
years
now,
and
that
is
something
I
had
to
learn.
I
used
to
be
very
unkind
to
my
self,
there
are
times
when
I
still
slip
into
being
over
critical
and
judgemental
of
myself,
then
I
remind
myself
of
my
various
strengths
and
then
the
things
which
bothered
me,
lose
power
over
me."
Vidya
Balan
On
The
Challenges
Of
Being
Yourself
In
The
Industry
The
actress
was
quoted
as
saying,
"It
is
very
difficult
to
be
on
your
person,
Period.
When
you
are
known,
it
is
that
much
tougher.
I
tried
adhering
for
a
while
and
realised
it
is
so
tough
because
when
you
enter
a
room,
there
are
so
many
people
and
they
will
have
200
opinions
about
you
depending
on
their
mood,
and
you
can't
make
everyone
happy.
The
only
person
on
whom
you
can
depend
on
making
you
happy
is
you.
That
is
the
only
guarantee.
So,
the
easiest
thing
to
do
is
make
yourself
love
you
first."
In
Another
Interview
Interview,
Vidya
Opened
Up
About
How
She
Overcame
Body
Image
Issues
While
speaking
with
YourStory,
the
actress
revealed
that
The
Dirty
Picture
proved
to
be
cathartic
for
her
when
she
was
going
through
body
image
issues.
Vidya
revealed
that
the
film
freed
and
liberated
her,
and
made
her
own
her
body
the
way
it
was.
She
further
said
that
the
key
lies
in
accepting
yourself
just
the
way
you
are,
without
being
swayed
by
the
norms
and
standards
set
by
others.