Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh has opened up on her battle with depression, stating that the death of her daughter and six siblings triggered it.
Ada spoke about her ordeal in an interview with media personality Morayo Afolabi-Brown on Your View TV show published on Friday.
According to The Johnsons actress, she had been depressed for years and her daughter Ladi’s death made it worse because Ladi was her best friend, and sister and it felt like her world had crumbled.
The 48-year-old also disclosed that she had lost six siblings before Ladi died.
She said: “I have depression, I have been depressed for some years and it became very worse when I lost my daughter in 2020. I was 14 when I had her, she was my best friend, sister, I just saw my world crumbling down before me.
“I had lost three of my sisters and three of my brothers. I thought I was going to be next when my younger sister died and I have been in and out of hospital.”
Ada Ameh visited her daughter’s grave last year to mark the first anniversary of her death.
Ladi died on October 20, 2020, in Abuja following an unsuccessful surgery. She was buried in Gwarinpa, Abuja on October 31.
