Popular veteran Nigerian actress Ada Ameh has shared sad stories about how she has lost all the people dear to her heart to death.
Tragedies in her life, including the recent loss of her own child to the cold hands of death, have toughened her mentality and shaped her outlook on life.
The veteran actress stopped by TVC’s studios to discuss all of this and more.
Uhmmm, I had max depression. I’ve been depressed for some years and it became very worse when I lost my daughter in 2020. Sometimes I wake up and you know, we (me and my daughter) practically grew up together, I was 14 when I had her.
So she was more like my younger sister. She was my friend, she was my best friend. I just saw my world crumble before me. I’d lost 3 of my sisters before that time and each of them had 3 children.
I’d lost like 3 of my brothers, and my father. So after burying all these people then my daughter. Hmm. After my younger sister died in 2018, I thought I was going to be the next. But when my daughter died, my world crumbled before me. Sometimes I see myself, I could cry for days. I’ve been in and out of hospitals.
Definitely. DMs come in almost every day. I question people who say they want to commit suicide. Do you know what that means after burying seven family members and my daughter became the eighth?
I had a thousand deaths. So, if I see anyone going through it, one of the first pieces of advice I would give them is to see a doctor. Seek professional assistance.
I used to go to Calabar because, as you know, Nigerians are very funny. When you mention a mental illness, they assume you’re insane. It could be schizophrenia, depression, or something else entirely. So I used to leave Lagos to Calabar to get medical attention until recently we got a doctor in Lagos. It was very messy, it was very bad. God just helped me.
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