Jada Pinkett Smithis opening up about her mental state during her early days of fame.
The actress, 47, revealed her past struggles with suicidal thoughts during the latest episode of her Facebook Watch showRed Table Talk. Pinkett Smith said she now sees she was having a nervous breakdown at the time.
“I had gotten to LA and gotten a certain amount of success and realized that that wasn’t the answer,” shetold her co-hosts mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones, 64, and daughter Willow Smith, 17, according toThe Independent. “It wasn’t what was going to make everything okay. [It] actually made this worse. I was extremely suicidal, I had a complete emotional collapse.”
She continued, “It’s like when you just don’t have control over emotions, your thoughts, you feel completely and utterly out of control. I don’t even think at that particular time I understood what I was going through.”
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On Saturday, shortly afterSaturday Night LivestarPete Davidson, 25, shared adistressing noteabout his wellbeing, the actress posted a supportive message, encouraging the comedian to “hang in there.”
“Pete Davidson… hang in there. There is a lot of help out here,” Pinkett Smith tweeted. “Surrender to some love some where around you … today! Right now! And then … let in the help that will become available.”
“I’m praying for you Pete. I’ve been there. It gets better,” she added.
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Over the summer, following the deaths ofKate SpadeandAnthony Bourdain, Pinkett Smith shared that she had “often” contemplated suicide in the past — and that mental health “is a daily practice.”
“With the suicides of Kate and Anthony it brought up feelings of when I was in such despair and had considered the same demise…often,” shewroteon Instagram. “In the years I spent towards my healing, many moons ago, I realized the mind and heart can be extremely delicate without the foundation of a formidable spirit.”
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text “help” to theCrisis Text Lineat 741-741 or go tosuicidepreventionlifeline.org.
source: people.com
