Author and activist Zoleka Mandela. Image via Instagram @zolekamandela
‘I’ve cried for days’: Zoleka Mandela opens up about her depression
The author says she’s back in therapy with her Addiction Counsellor and on antidepressants and sleeping pills prescribed by her psychiatrist.
Author and activist Zoleka Mandela. Image via Instagram @zolekamandela
Author, activist, and the granddaughter of the late Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Zoleka Mandela recently took to her Instagram account to share her battles with depression, alcohol, and drug addiction.
Mandela also addressed her experience with sexual abuse from both men and women when she was growing up and how she fought cancer.
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‘WHEN HOPE WHISPERS’
She says she’s come undone and that her recent speaking has triggered her depression and anxiety and that she’s feeling worthless, sad, and demotivated all over again.
“I’ve cried for days, spent so many sleepless ones doubting my own abilities.”
“It sucks.”
“I’m back in therapy with my addiction counsellor, and on my antidepressants and sleeping pills prescribed by my psychiatrist.”
She also says she just wants to feel normal again without the emotional heaviness of failure.
Mandela says she is an introvert because she finds anything that involves basic human interaction too overwhelming and extremely difficult.
The mother of five shared her demons with the world for the first time in her autobiography titled When Hope Whispers less than a decade ago (2013).
The author gives hope to the world and takes the reader through her journey by telling her story in simple relatable tones.
She shares her pain of losing two children within two years and her journey of addiction, rehab, and surviving cancer twice.
Mandela also shares this glimmer of hope on her social media channels with her followers by being authentic and relatable.
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