Taraji P. Henson Reveals She Contemplated Suicide During The Pandemic

Hollywood star Taraji P. Henson in a recent interview opens up on how she struggled with her mental health during the pandemic. The actress revealed that she considered taking her own life due to how dark the time was for her.

The actress during her Facebook Watch series, Peace of Mind With Taraji disclosed that she recently considered taking her own life. Speaking to Dr. LaShonda Green, Taraji detailed the dark moment she faced after the coronavirus pandemic left her feeling withdrawn and isolated.
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“During this pandemic it’s been hard on all of us, and I had a moment. I had a dark moment,” she recalled. “I was in a dark place. For a couple of days, I couldn’t get out of the bed, I didn’t care. That’s not me. Then, I started having thoughts about ending it. It happened two nights in a row.”

Taraji P HensonTaraji said she had purchased a gun. The actress remembered thinking to herself, “I could go in there right now and just end it all, ’cause I want it to be over.” When her 26-year-old son, Marcell Johnson, crossed her mind, Taraji told herself he’d get over it because he’s an adult. After Taraji said she began withdrawing and stopped responding to concern loved ones who had reached out, she realized she needed to speak up about her feelings.

 “I’m talking to one of my girlfriends and I knew, I was smart enough to say, ‘I have to say it.’ Because a part of me was ashamed. I was like, ‘I don’t want them to think I’m crazy. I don’t want them to obsess over me or think they gotta come and sit on me.'” “So one day I just blurted it out to my girlfriend. She called me in the morning and I was like, ‘You know I thought about killing myself last night. Oh my god, I feel so much better. I’m not gonna do it now.'”

‘What scared me, is that I did it two nights in a row. And the thoughts kept coming. Now I started think about how. At first, it was like, I don’t want to be here. And then I started thinking about going and getting the gun. And that’s why when I woke up the next morning, and I blurted it out. Because I felt like after a while it was going to take over me and it was going to become a plan because that’s how strong my brain is. Our thoughts… They’re that powerful.”

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