Singer Akothee has opened up about her struggle with mental health. The mother of five says she has been battling with mental wellness ever since she became famous.
Akothee through Instagram post said that she was struggling with living her life authentically without offending people.
She added that being famous came with its own baggage.
Having to come to terms with accepting a new life of being an online parent was not easy.
"I was struggling with being me without offending anyone , I was struggling to accept what fame throws at me. I was accepting that at some point I will have to let quite a lot go.
I was struggling with letting some people out of my life without hurting them & love them from far , oooh yes I was struggling with accepting that most of the times I will have to parent virtually and all the huge mansions left for me the dogs and the birds," she said.
Akothee added that she was struggling with not feeling bad when she meet fans who were exited to see her when she was not in the mood of seeing anyone excited.
"At some point it felt like nagging, phone calls were irritable and I saw most of the people coming for me and not to me. Ohh yes ,I was struggling for my space .I almost lost it ,I felt suffocated with a lot 🙏At some point I could not breath at night just from the blues, I would ask my partner to open the windows ,I was suffocating, From one night to the other ,I woke up with my left side numb ,the numbness spread from my neck to my leg."
The emotions almost cost her as the condition later developed to her waking up feeling numb on one side of her body.
"I woke up with one side completely feeling dead . I panicked and from one day to the next ,I lost energy on my left arm ,not able to lift anything. I developed pinched nerve and I was due for surgery 😭🥺🤔I equally developed Alot of pain in my left ear . After several hospital visits , I moved out of my mansions and went to put up with my sister in-law .
She has 3 kids and I could only get some sleep when I heard children voices .When any of my friends called me ,I would just start crying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭For no reason . I felt alone in the world full of human beings , I lost energy and was completely exhausted sucked up and sucked put 🙏. I was put onto antidepressants which made me even worse, The emotions were doubled and crazy panick attacks 🤔From one day to the next I needed stronger sleeping tablets , One day I asked a doctor to just Inject me with a strooooooooong sleeping medicine so I can sleep."
This is not the first time Akothee has talked about how fame cost her mental health.
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