Toyin Abraham, a Popular Nollywood actress, producer has opened up on how challenging life was for her before she discovered herself.
Toyin in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, shared a part of her life story when she was depressed and had to seek the help of a counsellor.
The actress while Recounting her experience in life said, her depression made her abandon her family and led her into smoking cigarettes which is unacceptable in her Christian home.
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She said, “At some time in my life, my manager had to get me a counsellor because I was depressed but lived in denial. I was not happy and very scared of life.
“It was that bad that I thought of swimming or jumping from the third mainland bridge and hoping someone will save me.
“I confided in people and they used it against me, I had fear of the unknown, my thought filled with negative things.
“It was hard for me to trust people then because the people I had around me didn’t know how to keep things secret.
“I am from a Christian home but had to avoid them because I started smoking cigarettes.
“I detached myself from my family because I thought I was going to die soon and didn’t want them to miss me.”
“I had to change everybody around me, had a different mentality to rediscover myself.
“When you’re depressed you don’t know what you’re capable of doing, Immediately I overcame all of that, I redesigned my life to be my best version.
Toyin, however, got over her fears and became more responsible after she got a new manager and a counsellor.
“I got over my fears with the help of my manager and counsellor. You have to go through fire to have the finest things,” She said
