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Brandy Says Daughter Sy'rai Saved Her Life Amid Suicidal Thoughts After Tragic Car Accident

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…

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