Anikulapo actor, Kunle Remi has disclosed that in 2017 he was wanted to end his own life.
According to the actor, he was battling depression.
The actor shared his experience on his Instagram platform on Thursday after the demise of Steve Boss who is better known as DJ Twitch, the disc jockey for American entertainer, Ellen DeGenres’ television program.
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Kunle Remi described Twitch’s passing as sad news.
He called on people to open up on issues they are battling with, adding that they should take a break once in a while when life gets overwhelming.
According to the actor, 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.”
Continue reading his post below;
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 a series of tweets that I went on to delete.
He added,
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.
He continued,
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 to and open up with.
The renowned movie actor continued,
“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 and mental health are very important. We can do better. Just thought to share.”
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