Owen Gee Reveals How He Almost Committed Suicide

Owen Gee reveals how he almost committed suicide. (Photo credit: Stargist.com)

Nigerian Comedian Owen Gee has revealed a hidden secret about himself, he spoke on his experience with suicide and how he tried to commit suicide many times.

Owen Gee as joined the campagian of anti-suicide initiative Live and Not Die and while speaking at the unveiling of the initiative on Sunday he recounts how it feels and why suicide is not the cure for depression.

According to The Punch he said,

“I have had suicidal tendencies,” he said. “Last year, I tried several things, but they did not work out. It was not because the ideas were bad, but the people I was working with just didn’t let them work out. Then anxiety and depression set in.

“It was then I realised that no drug could calm depression. There was hardly anyone I didn’t take. There was a time I was sleeping on drugs. There was a particular yellow tablet that, if I took it on Tuesday, on Wednesday I would only be prompted to barely wake up, eat and go back to sleep even before I finished eating. I would not wake up until Thursday“.

Owen Gee explained how he later stood his grounds and learned to face his problem knowing that he needed to live to take care of his children. He advised the guests to shun fake life, the type of which, he noted, was prevalent in the showbiz arena in Nigeria.