"Compartmentalization."
This is how Julia Barretto coped with being misjudged all the time in the public eye.
During a sit-down interview with her sister Dani, Julia said that although she always prays for grace in all situations, when it comes to judgments, she just learned how to compartmentalize things between what and who matters and doesn't.
"So if we're talking about judgments from people that have no significant role in my life, it really doesn't bother me because what do you know," she said.
"But if we're talking about judgments from people in my life, I'm just glad that I've really become more picky with who I want to be in my life. Because now I know that the judgments are always constructive and they're always because out of concern or it's just to help make me a better person and to guide me."
"When I'm in a really dark place in my life -- let's say today -- I always hold on to the hope that maybe tomorrow's better. Yeah, and then when tomorrow really is better, I'm like 'Oh thank God I held on!' Like, yeah, it's a good decision I held on so it's always the good things that I look forward to when I'm not okay."
With all the things she experienced, the 23-year-old actress was also asked about what she will tell her teenage self.
Julia said that she wouldn't change anything even with what she went through.
"Two years ago, I wouldn't change the thing!" she said, apparently referring to the controversy involving the split between Gerald Anderson and Bea Alonzo.
Julia noted how those previous messes became eye-openers for her.
"But what would I tell my 17-year-old self? I'll just tell her to keep going, really! I wouldn't change a thing. I don't mind going through it all again."
The young star also said those obstacles made her afraid to trust people again, though, she's the kind of person who still looks at the good in everybody.
"I like that about me -- if there's anything that I like about me is that I always see the good in people because, you know, when they do something or they show a certain act, I always try to see the reason why they're acting that way. I always try to see why they're responding that way," she shared.
"Because when you do that, you'll understand more like 'Oh that's why you're acting that way' or 'Oh that's why she's like that because this is what you went through and this is what you're traumatized,'" she said, adding she knows what it's like to be judged and it made her more "compassionate."
Julia admitted that trusting others is now "very hard" for her.
"But, I mean, trusting doesn't affect the fact that they always see the good in people. Trusting is just the people you let in your life."
"It's so important who you surround yourself with. It matters! I mean, your energy, your thoughts, your goals, your dreams, like every person you meet, they have a contribution to the person you are. So you really have to be careful."