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When it comes to mental health, Michelle Williams has always been open and vocal. Although the singer struggled with on-and-off depression since age 13, symptoms hit hard shortly after she broke off her engagement to pastor Chad Johnson mere weeks after Johnson had proposed. “I thought, ‘I’m good!’ I’ve got love, I’m working out. But I was so angry. The rage built up in me. I did not attempt suicide, but I was questioning [life],” she told People. “I was burying it, and before you knew it, I was looking up out of the pit like, ‘Oh my God.'”
With the help of her doctors, Williams began treatment. As she told Essence, “You really have to listen to your body, and my body was saying no.” Now recovered, Williams wants fans to know they’re not alone.
“Allow yourself to feel the pain of what you’re feeling, okay? But then tell yourself you’ve got to get up,” she added. “You have to have it in you to tell yourself to get up. She went on to say, “The days do get better. They really, really do. I’m a living testament of it. You have to do the work.”
We’re certainly glad to see that Williams is making her voice heard and using it to spread hope and positivity — along with beautiful music.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
Written by: Nicki
