SA Celebs Who Have Opened Up About Depression

SA Celebs Who Have Opened Up About Depression. The rich, poor, old and young, no one is immune to depression. The silent killer has pushed many to suicide. It is not easy to open up about depression, because of the stigma attached to it. A few of our celebrities though have been bold enough to talk about their struggles with depression and continue to educate the masses.

Bonnie Mbuli

Through her autobiography, Eyesbags & Dimples Bonnie Mbuli exposed her fight with clinical depression. In her book, the actress and TV personality criticizes society’s obsession with perfectionism and addresses the stigma surrounding depression.

Rapper HHP

On social media, he is a typical vocal rapper. Behind all of this HHP is suffering from depression.The award winning rapper has opened up in interviews her battle with depression. He even confessed how he almost committed suicide.

Lalla Hirayama

TV presenter Lalla Hirayama took to Twitter in 2017 to tell open up about her battle with panic and anxiety attacks.

Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah opened up about his struggle with depression, during an interview with DJ Fresh in 2017. During a speech at the Just for Laughs Awards Trevor Noah spoke about his comedic hero, Jim Carrey, and how he helped him discover his own depression and that motivated him to find a way to work through it.

Sade Giliberti

YoTV child star and presenter Sade Giliberti has been vocal about how difficult life was as a child with depression especially when she got to a point where she began to harm herself.

Penny Lebyane

She found herself in a psych ward just days after the birth of her son. The media personality was diagnosed with post-natal depression. She now uses her influence in the media to talk about mental health issues and rid it of its taboo tag.