If not for divine intervention, actress
Halima Abubakar would have been dead by now. She disclosed this in an
exclusive chat with Saturday Beats.
The actress said she went into depression
some time ago and considered suicide as the only option of getting away
from that state. And guess why Halima was depressed and wanted to kill
herself -she was broke!
She said, “There were a lot of things
that were wrong with me and led to my depression. I was angry, broke,
people lied against me and they were also using my name to lie. I was
deceived by the people I loved. I was seriously broke at the time and I
had lots of responsibilities.
“There were many charity projects I was
involved in and I was doing everything with my money.
Everything just
got to me at the same time and I felt fed-up. I wanted to kill myself
because there was nobody to help me. It happened two years ago and it
also occurred last year. I thank God I did not kill myself because I
realised that nothing is worth it. I was upset with myself when I got
back to my senses because the people you want to kill yourself for do
not really care about you. It was a terrible phase in my life,” she
said.
When asked why her boyfriend could not help her out, Halima said he compounded her case instead of helping out.
“He was not helping matters. I wanted somebody that would listen and not say that I was lying or exaggerating the extent of what I was going through. Whenever I tell him I am sad, he wants to give me money but it is not all about money all the time.
“Yes, I said I was broke but it was not
only about money. I was broken emotionally. If there is no hope, I feel I
am broken. I needed a listening ear. The definition of broke is
relative but Nigerians think it is only about money. Money was also
involved. The first major problem I had was money; then I was also
emotionally broken,” she said.
The dark skinned actress said she was grateful to her family because they helped her sail through during the troubling period.
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