Brandy Says Daughter Sy'rai Saved Her Life Amid Suicidal Thoughts After Tragic Car Accident
Brandy is getting candid about her mental health.
The B7 singer revealed that she was in a dark space years ago following a tragic car accident in an interview with People.
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“I was a little bit lost eight years ago musically, creatively, spiritually…I had to pull myself together, I had to pull it all together and make it all make sense,” she explained.
Back in 2006, she was involved in a car accident that sadly killed a 38-year-old woman. Brandy recalled feeling like her pain was insurmountable, and contemplated suicide.
“I remember laying in bed super depressed. I [told] myself, ‘So, you’re just going to go out like this? That’s wack. You have a daughter. If you can’t do it for yourself, do it for her because this is not the way to leave a mark in her life,’” she said of her now 18-year-old daughter Sy’rai.
“If Sy’rai wasn’t here, I wouldn’t be either. The place that I was in, it just felt like I wasn’t going to make it through.”
She also spoke about her experience with fame at an early age, and what happened…