After her first viral video, radio host and actress Azziad Nasenya has spoken out for the first time about having suicidal thoughts.
On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Nasenya said in an interview with Dr. Ofweneke on TV47 that she considered suicide after experiencing cyberbullying.
Her lowest point in life occurred when she went viral for her dance challenge to Femi One's song "Utawezana" back then.
At the time, she lived alone and had no idea that fame would arrive so quickly.
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"The bullying...*gesturing* it was hectic so there's this day I have never said this before heh, I was living on the 4th floor, that was my first house. I was living alone in this one bedroom, my mum was paying the rent, of course, not me," she shared.
"After the video went viral, that did not shock me coz I had done a couple of videos. A lot of people asked me how did you feel. It did not shock me because I had done videos that went viral before on Tiktok it was happening. So to me, I was just like ah it's another one."
But this particular video turned out to be the pivotal one.
"It changed; since people knew me, the situation got worse. People were sharing it, and I thought that was cool and nice. so, everything was love, and then suddenly there was a boom."
Cyberbullying got started.
"It changed and I'm like okay what is happening? It changed after a day or a day and a half. I remember I was crying. It was terrible, I'm alone it's in the middle of a lockdown. I literally went to my balcony and I was like um is this where God you let me go?" she said about a decision she was ready to make.
Nasenya claims that there have been moments when she considered suicide, but her support system kept her going.
"Yeah, it was that bad. I thought of it, but I had a strong team. I had my management there. I had my friends, not here or there, but they were on the phone. The next day in the morning, that was the first thing. They came to me," Azziad continued about her support system.
"I thought about it because I'm like I'm just a teenager I was just doing what I love doing for the past one year, what do you mean someone is mad because I danced? I did not hurt anyone I was just having fun, so that was my lowest moment," Azziad continued about crying and suicidal thoughts a whole night.
