It was then that I finally allowed myself to say those three powerful words. “‘This isn’t like you, Michelle,’ they said. Things came to a head when I didn’t show up for a promised event with my pastor and his wife. “Three years ago, I plunged into such a dark hole that I couldn’t get out,” she continued. Or maybe I was just trying to accept it,” Williams said. We’ll talk later.’ I tried to ignore what was happening. Even years later, when I was performing in Destiny’s Child, those feelings would rear up. In a way, I thought I simply had to live with them. “I soon learned that these were signs of depression. However, even as Williams singing and acting career sped up, she refused to address her struggle with depression. Back then they were just feelings that left me unsettled: a passing sense that nothing mattered or would ever really matter, anxiety that made me climb out of bed in the middle of the night and pace the floor for no reason, a kind of spiritual numbness, feelings of not being loved even though I was.”
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Today I understand I was having symptoms. It most likely saved my life,” Williams wrote. It took me a long time, but I finally said them.
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The three most powerful words a person can say. Singer and former member of the famous girl group Destiny’s Child Michelle Williams recently opened up about her struggle with depression and how she finds her joy in God.įor Williams, her journey to find joy started with vulnerability. Note: This story is part of our Faith in Hollywood series. How Destiny’s Child Singer Michelle Williams Exchanged Her Depression for Christ’s Joy