Key Takeaways:

• During a World Mental Health Day occasion, Megan Thee Stallion mirrored on the second she realized she wanted remedy.
• She has beforehand opened up about dropping her mom and being shot, each of which impacted her psychological well being.
• She launched a wellness hub and obtained recognition from The Trevor Project for her psychological well being advocacy.

Even the strongest amongst us need assistance typically. On Sunday (Oct. 12), Megan Thee Stallion broke down in tears whereas reflecting on the second she realized that she wanted remedy.

The “Whenever” rapper, who attended Taraji P. Henson’s i AM The Table Benefit Brunch in honor of World Mental Health Day, opened up about navigating her grief. “I was just working and trying to be the best Megan I could be,” she shared. “I didn’t know I needed therapy until one day, I was just like, ‘Damn, I’m really sad.’”

Fighting again tears, Megan admitted that it was “really scary” to acknowledge how depressed she’d been. “I didn’t care what happened to me, and I didn’t want to feel like that — like, I should care about my life,” she stated, earlier than wiping her eyes.

Henson then took a second to thank Megan for sharing her expertise. “Somebody out there is feeling exactly how you feel,” the actress advised her. Watch the clip beneath.

Megan has opened up about her psychological well being on a number of events earlier than. During final yr’s In Her Words, she mirrored on dropping her mom, Holly Thomas, to mind most cancers in 2019. “I’m in shambles. I think I really forgot who I was, and when life started getting crazy, I didn’t have her,” the Houston native stated.

That ache solely deepened the subsequent yr, when the Grammy Award-winning rapper was shot within the foot by Tory Lanez. “I was definitely getting a little too engulfed in social media,” she stated in an excerpt from the feature-length movie. “Everybody hates me. I really had a real breakdown.”

Despite the whole lot she’s confronted, Megan has managed to rise above. In 2022, she launched her Bad B**ches Have Bad Days Too wellness hub, which paved the way in which for her starring in The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Seize the Awkward marketing campaign and dealing with the California Department of Public Health on youth suicide prevention.

So, it solely is sensible that The Trevor Project named her Mental Health Champion of the Year final Friday (Oct. 10). “I’m honored,” Megan stated in a press assertion. “My goal has always been to use my platform to help break stigmas around mental health and provide resources for those seeking safe spaces to have honest and heartfelt conversations.”