Nigerian actor Kunle Remi has opened up about his past
battles with depression, saying he almost committed suicide sometime back in
2017.
The Anikulapo star opened up in a video posted on his
Instagram page on Thursday.
Remi was reacting to the passing of popular American DJ,
Twitch, who died by suicide on Wednesday describing his passing as a sad news.
Remi went on to encourage men to open up about their
struggles and pains, admonishing them to take a break every once in a while
when life gets overwhelming, saying he had been there before.
He added that it was the grace of God that saw him through
the trying time.
Remi said, “Yesterday the news broke of DJ Twitch’s passing
by suicide and it was a very sad news but I can absolutely relate to that. It’s
never really fine as we say even though we always act like it’s fine. We go
through a lot as men
“I remember in 2017 I
had series of tweet that I went on to delete. It was very suicidal. Someone
called me a year later and said I should go delete those tweets, I was going
through a lot, I was overwhelmed, I was thinking too much of my career, am I
doing enough, am I enough, am I with the right person, so many thoughts in my
mind.
“At a point I could not take it, I felt so useless, not
enough, incompetent, even though it was the contrary of what I felt, I was beating
myself too much, then I started to tweet randomly and I was very close to
jumping off the bridge or just taking my life. It took the grace of God for me
to scale through that.
“I usually bottle up, I don’t share stuff but I learnt to
become better doing that. And I just want to share a word with every man out
there. Look it’s not easy and it’s not going to be easy, but talk to someone.
Always have someone in your corner that you can talk too and open up with.
“Life is beautiful but it doesn’t guarantee that it will be
smooth all the time but we need to always find a balance and choose happiness
over being sad. I’ve been there, I’ve gone through it.
“Right now I still caution myself, I take life one day at a
time, once I get overwhelmed I shut down. Depression, mental health are very
important. We can do better. Just thought to share.”
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