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Taraji P. Henson opens up about her mental health struggles

Taraji P. Henson has opened up about her mental health struggles.

The 48-year-old spoke out about her battle with depression and how she has been recently dealing with anxiety every day.

“[Fame] was fun at first, but the older I get, the more private I want to be. I think there’s a misconception with people in the limelight that we have it all together, and because we have money now and are living out our dreams, everything is fine. That’s not the case,” she told Variety.

 

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“When they yell ‘cut’ and ‘that’s a wrap,’ I go home to very serious problems. I’m still a real human. I suffer from depression. My anxiety is kicking up even more every day, and I’ve never really dealt with anxiety like that. It’s something new,” she continued.

Taraji added that she regularly goes to therapy and it helps her enormously: “That’s the only way I can get through it.”

“You can talk to your friends, but you need a professional who can give you exercises. So that when you’re on the ledge, you have things to say to yourself that will get you off that ledge and past your weakest moments.”

The actress also spoke about why she founded The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, which focuses on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health issues within the African-American community.

“Everyone was always asking me, ‘Do you have a charity?’ Well, dammit, this is going to be my calling, because I’m sick of this. People are killing themselves. People are numbing out on drugs. Not everything is fixed with a pill.”

The charity is named after her late father, who struggled with mental health issues after he returned from the Vietnam War.

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