#BBNaija: My Mental Health Challenges Started Long Time Ago, Angel

Former Big Brother Naija Season 6 finalist, Angel Smith during an interview with BBCNews Pidgin earlier today revealed her mental health challenges over the years.

Angel recalled that her emotional challenges started long time ago when she was 10 years old while she and brother was taking care of her great-grandmother who was suffering from dementia. Angel said that from then things started getting difficult for her mentally.

“As a kid then I didn’t know what was happening me as started self harming myself. Also, after graduating from high school I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I dropped out of school, lost my boyfriend and, many other things that led to my sadness and depression.”

Angel who revealed her passion for issues concerning mental health recalled that Instagram pulled down her posts when started writing on how she was battling with her emotional challenges.

Angel however reveal her plan on starting her blog on mental health because she wanted make people comfortable in sharing their emotional issues publicly.