Tamar Braxton has opened up for the first time after being hospitalized following a suspected suicide attempt.
The reality star was taken to a Los Angeles hospital recently after she was found in an unresponsive situation in her hotel room by her Nigerian boyfriend, David Adefeso.
Adefeso dialled 911 to report Tamar had been drinking before taking an unknown amount of pills after a possible suicide attempt.
He revealed that Tamar had issues with the TV network (We TV) that hosts her reality show, ‘Get Ya Life!’
Tamar has however taken to Instagram to post a lengthy statement, where she talked about some of her personal problems and the impact of the reality television on her mental health.
She started her post by thanking her fans for their support, saying: “Thank you to each and every individual who has prayed for me, thought of me, sent me their love and has showered me with their support. In this present moment, it is my only responsibility to be real with myself and to be real with the ones who truly love me and care for my healing. I have without fail, shared with you my brightest days, and I know that sharing with you what has been my darkest will be the light for any man or woman who is feeling the same defeat I felt just only a week ago.”
She continued by opening up on the challenges of her career and her reality TV series. She wrote: “Every one of us has a desire, whether small or big, to make it out of where we come from to an ideal future place that includes, freedom to be who we choose, security for our children and families, and fortune to share with the ones we love. We believe these things can co-exist with just being happy. I believed that, that as a black woman, as an artist, an influence, a personality I could shape my world, and with whom I believed to be my partners, they could help me share my world.
“Over the past 11 years there were promises made to protect and portray my story, with the authenticity and honesty I gave. I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked, and underpaid.
“I wrote a letter over 2 months ago asking to be freed from what I believed was excessive and unfair. I explained in personal detail the demise I was experiencing. My cry for help went totally ignored.
“However, the demands persisted. It was my spirit, and my soul that was tainted the most. There are a few things I count on most to be, a good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good sister, and a good person. Who I was, begun to mean little to nothing, because it would only be how I was portrayed on television that would matter.”
“It was witnessing the slow death of the woman I became, that discouraged my will to fight. I felt like I was no longer living, I was existing for the purpose of a corporations gain and ratings, and that killed me.”
While ending her post, Tamar said: “Mental illness is real. We have to normalize acknowledging it and stop associating it with shame and humiliation. The pain that I have experienced over the past 11 years has slowly ate away at my spirit and my mental.”
