Zahara opened up about having depression.
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‘Drinking to sleep’: Inside Zahara’s long battle with depression
‘I used to drink to be happy, but now I saw I was drinking to sleep,’ Zahara admitted while discussing her fight against depression.
Zahara opened up about having depression.
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@zaharasa
The death of South African musician Zahara — real name Bulelwa Mkutukana — has left her millions of fans reeling. The singer passed on following liver complications. Since her passing on Monday this week, fans have discussed her troubled life.
In the past, she opened up about her battle with depression. She also touched on getting bullied on social media and how relying on God helped her.
Zahara also spoke about her drinking habits.
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Zahara opens up about mental health struggles
Over the last few years, mental health struggles have been a big discussion in South Africa — especially after a number of celebs came out to discuss their mental health.
The conversation has yet again been visited following the passing of local singer Zahara.
In the past, the singer shared that she too dealt with depression — especially after being a victim of cyberbullying.
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During her sit-down with Tbo Touch on Metro FM earlier this year, Zahara said:
“You thought you gave me a name, and you thought you gave me a gift. The person that gave me the gift, which is God, will see it through. It’s not about you, it’s not about me. He is going to let it live whether I like it or not,” she said.
“People go through depression whether I know it or don’t know it. There’s no way I did not go through depression. There’s no way that I did not feel what you guys were saying to me, the daggers that you were pointing at me and digging me, that I did feel no pain.”
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Drinking away the pain?
The singer also told TimesLive how she fell into drinking as a way to deal with the loss of her brother.
“I used to drink for myself to be happy, but now I saw I was drinking to sleep because of my brother’s death and what the company was doing to me. I couldn’t talk to nobody because I was scared of everything,” she said.
The singer died at the age of 36 and is being honoured with hundreds of posts online.
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