Actress Juliet Njemanze has shared that her painful childhood experiences and her parents’ marriage, has caused her to be anxious about getting married.
In an interview with The Sun, Njemanze transports us to a bygone era, sharing stories of her abusive upbringing, heartbreak, and difficult relationship with her father.
She took marriage into consideration when making plans for her career.
Juliet Njemanze claims that she had physical and sexual abuse as a young child, which had an impact on her mental health.
“Basically, I didn’t have a fun childhood. I had a really traumatic childhood filled with emotional, mental, physical and sexual abuse. That’s why I am a mental health advocate because I know how much damage my childhood did to my mind, and how hard I am working not to allow the experience dictate the kind of person I turn out to be. I have a strong will power.”
“If I don’t have a strong will power, I would have become a rascal and blamed it on the things that happened to me as a child. But I chose to be a better person despite everything that life has thrown at me at a very young age when I didn’t understand anything. It’s sad but it’s okay, we all have our stories.”
“The thought of marriage scares me because of the stories I hear of marriages, and honestly, it’s because of my own parents’ marriage”, she added.
