Award-winning actress, Toyin Abraham, has opened up on her experience with depression and suicidal thoughts.
Toyin, who narrated her ordeal on the premiere episode of #WithChude which aired on Saturday on TVC Entertainment, said she almost committed suicide.
“I gave everything I had out and moved into a hotel. If anyone wants to come and visit me, I will tell them to come, and we will be in the same room. I will later go to another room and stay there by myself. There was a time I told someone that I can actually jump the Third Mainland Bridge, it was that bad,” she said. “I actually thought to myself that if you die now Toyin, you would become more popular than you are now.”
When asked by the host, Chude Jideonwo, where her family was through all of this, she said: “I just didn’t want to see them. I didn’t want to get attached to them. I am from a Christian home and I used to smoke cigarettes and they don’t approve, and I also didn’t want to get close to them because I thought I would die soon and so they won’t miss me.
“I am a dove. My fear is gone now. Long gone. I talk about it to people now. I have the face, I have the story that God wants to use to touch many lives.”
An extended version of the conversation will be available via podcast on Wednesday by 10 am.
Also, during Chude’s InstaTour hosted by media mogul, Mo Abudu, she announced that the show, #WithChude, will be picked up to air on EbonyLife TV. #WithChude will air on EbonyLife TV Thursdays at 7:30 pm with a repeat on Sundays at 8:00 pm.
