Stranger Things' Dacre Montgomery Gets Real About His Childhood Struggles

in the event you ever feel like you're not where you desire to be in life, just remember that even Stranger Things' Billy freakin' Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery) once struggled with just about everything, too.


The star took to Instagram to share an old yearbook snap where he's barely recognizable (though slightly mirrors a suave Josh Peck while in the heyday of Drake & Josh), initial up about how complicated things some days got any time as soon as he was younger, before he eventually noticed success.


In his deeply personalized message that feels like a galvanizing rally cry for any kids out there who feel like they aren't quite where they desire to be in life, Montgomery begins: once I was a kid, I was lost." It's a sentiment several of us share.


"I had a really tough time in school," he wrote. "I was a big kid who loved drama. I never got passing grades, I wasn't a popular or gifted sports player. Ladies were never interested in me. I suffered from anxiety at a young age. I was distracted and I wasn’t focused. Yet I had a dream, I was lucky - I knew what I wanted to do. And every night I went residence and I focused on THAT." Inspirational words, to be sure, and insightful in that he proves he really did have his eyes on the prize growing up.


Montgomery recalled how he failed his high school drama exams whenever he was 15, told he required to lose body fat at 16, and was even "told to leave" drama school at 18. Although he never once let this stop him.


"I never let the failures get me down," Montgomery concluded. "Because I imagined in myself and I never let anyone tell me otherwise. You could do anything you set your mind to." Educated words, even for anyone looking to one of Stranger Things' biggest stars for inspiration.


"So, go out there and get it!" He urges at the end of his message. In the event you needed words of encouragement today, let them come from Hawkins' coolest rebellious teen. He got where he is because of determination and believing in himself, and also you know what? So can you.


Stranger Things Season 3 is obtainable to stream right now on Netflix.