Popular Nollywood actress and producer, Toyin Abraham has
opened up on life challenges that led to her rediscovering herself.
Toyin in an interview with media personality, Chude
Jideonwo, said she fell into depression sometime in her life and had to seek
the help of a counsellor.
Recounting her experience, Toyin revealed that being
depressed made her abandon her family and led her into smoking cigarettes which
is unacceptable in her Christian home.
The 39-year-old actress 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.”
She, however, took responsibility for her life after she got
a new manager and a counsellor and has since continued to soar higher in her
life and career.
“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.
“I got over my fears with the help of my manager and
counsellor. You have to go through fire to have the finest things,” the actress
concluded.
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