Why I almost k!lled myself – Actor, Kunle Remi opens up

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Kunle Remi, a popular Nollywood actor, revealed on his social media platforms that he nearly killed himself in 2017.

In response to the news that American dancer and DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss had died by suicide on December 14th, the actor revealed his own past struggles.

In a video posted to his Instagram page, Kunle claimed that in 2017, depression nearly caused him to end it all.

The 34-year-old actor revealed that he was consumed with concerns about his life, job, and relationship and that he felt useless and worthless.

He acknowledged that it was only by the grace of God that he avoided suicide and urged others who were experiencing depression to express themselves rather than keeping their feelings inside.

He said;

“Yesterday the news broke of DJ Twitch’s passing by suicide and it was a very sad news but I can absolutely relate to that.

“It’s never really fine as we say even though we always act like it’s fine. We go through a lot as men.

“I remember in 2017 I had a series of tweet that I went on to delete. It was very suicidal. Someone called me a year later and said I should go delete those tweets, I was going through a lot.

“I was overwhelmed, I was thinking too much of my career, am I doing enough? am I enough? am I with the right person? so many thoughts in my mind.

“At a point I could not take it, I felt so useless, not enough, incompetent, even though it was the contrary of what I felt, I was beating myself too much, then I started to tweet randomly and I was very close to jumping off the bridge or just taking my life. It took the grace of God for me to scale through that.

“I usually bottle up, I don’t share stuff but I learnt to become better doing that. And I just want to share a word with every man out there.

“Look it’s not easy and it’s not going to be easy, but talk to someone. Always have someone in your corner that you can talk too and open up with.

“Life is beautiful but it doesn’t guarantee that it will be smooth all the time but we need to always find a balance and choose happiness over being sad. I’ve been there, I’ve gone through it.

“Right now I still caution myself, I take life one day at a time, once I get overwhelmed I shut down. Depression, mental health are very important. We can do better. Just thought to share.”

Watch the video below;

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmMJnL7oCtk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link