On the World Mental Health Day, the 68-year-old media personality opened up about her struggles with mental illness and how she copped up with it. Her inspiring story involved her suicide attempt she did 4 years ago and more of her life changing stories. Scroll down to find out more about Sharon’s journey.
Sharon revealed about her mental health struggles in a candid interview with her co-hosts on the Emmy winning show ‘The Talk.’ The author revealed that she tried to take her own life four years ago when she felt helpless.
She said it wasn’t for attention but because she couldn’t bear things anymore. She further explained that she went to a mental health facility afterward and met two girls who weren’t related at all however they both were struggling with drug and alcohol addiction which came as a result of their mother’s suicidal death.
The condition of the young girls hit Sharon, and she realized how much her death could have affected her family and 3 children. That’s when Osbourne decided to get herself together.
This wasn’t the first time that the media personality had to face something like so in her life. She previously went through a mental breakdown in 2015 which resulted in her absence from the show for five weeks.
Luckily Sharon has survived her long journey of mental illness, and she’s here to inspire us. She’s very open about her health because she thinks it’s a stigma that needs to go away. She thinks people shouldn’t be embarrassed to share their stories and seek help, and we couldn’t agree more.
Sharon is just one who opened up about her struggles but there are millionsof more that need to be heard. On this mental health day we urge people to open up about their struggles to their loved ones and make their lives blissful because life’s too short to worry about things you can't change!