Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi, a well-known actress and filmmaker, has spoken out about how she overcame her fears and depression years ago.
Speaking in an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, Toyin Abraham I said: “I started listening to music, I spoke to my manager. I told him he must always pick my calls because I just needed to talk to someone. So that really helped me. He got me a counsellor, she came from America and she calls me to tell me how beautiful I am. I now decided to change everybody around me and also some things about me .I had to quit some habits and changed some things about me because I realized that they weren’t helping me .I had to get new set of friends and I was always talking to my manager. I started reading books and my bible. That was how I got over it”.
Asked how she was able to cope with acting when she was depressed, the jovial actress said : “Once I see the camera, everything about me opens up. Once the camera leaves, I become sad. Depression isn’t a good thing but it helped me in a little way because I know that I will always be sad so when I am on set, I will act and want to impress myself well so that when I get to the hotel or home, I can think of something else but it still didn’t work”.