Nigerian actress, Iyabo Ojo, has revealed how she suffered depression when she started up her life journey as a single mum without direction.
The mother of two kids said this on Thursday on her Instagram handle and also shares old and current photos of herself with her children.
The film star wrote: “This year, I began my journey as a single mum with no direction. I was afraid, sometimes depressed, confused, and I always had a lot of anxiety.”
“I felt like a failure; a loser. I felt I wasn’t good enough, I felt little, I didn’t know how to fit in or even start.
“How was I even going to pull through? I never thought of making it in life. I just wanted my kids to be fine, that was my ultimate goal.
“All I knew to do was to love my kids immensely and give them all of me and that inspired me to keep moving.
“Today I look back and all I want to say is thank you, Lord.
“It’s never too late to start all over again. It will be tough but you will be fine. There is always light at the end of the tunnel.”
Iyabo Ojo got married to a movie marketer in 1999, at the age of 21. She also gave birth to her son, Felix in 1999, and Priscilla, her daughter, in 2001 respectively, before, her marriage to their father, crashed in 2001.
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