Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik confessed to a fan she felt useless and irrelevant on her podcast recently. She also said shes doubted whether she was meant to be doing what she was doing. (Watch the video below.)
Bialik got brutally honest on Mayim Bialiks Breakdown, in which she answered queries from listeners.
What do you do when you feel useless, irrelevant and worthless, or do you not ever feel that way? one asked.
Great question, the former Big Bang Theory star said. I do feel that way, and its kind of a hard question to answer because I know from where Im sitting, obviously, I have a platform and I get to talk to people.
I would say I am grateful I have the opportunity to be here, and Im still a human and I often feel like what Im doing is not what Im supposed to be doing, or Im not doing it well enough, or Im not reaching enough people, or Im not doing it right, or I look stupid, Bialik continued. Just name the thing and I think it.
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Bialik got breakthrough roles on the movie Beaches (1988) and the sitcom Blossom (1990-95), and has been in show business since childhood.
Some people like to surround themselves with people who will not make them feel useless, irrelevant and worthless, but because Im an actor person, I grew up in a world where everybodys like, Youre amazing, and its sometimes hard for me to lean into believing people, she added.
Noting that self-affirmations can work, Bialik said she used exercise, meditation and eating healthy to help cope with self-doubt. She urged those who feel consistently or persistently useless irrelevant and worthless to seek professional help.
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The 47-year-old mother of two has been the permanent co-host of Jeopardy! along with former champ Ken Jennings for one season after a tumultuous search to replace the late Alex Trebek.
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Fast-forward to 14:40 for Bialiks talk about bouts with uncertainty.
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