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Thandeka King speaks on depression

In a recent interview on trending SA, Thandeka King opened up about her struggles with depression.
“I used to suffer a lot from depression. Every two years I’d be hospitalized and one of the things that my therapist always spoke to me about was to actually give a chance to what I’m gifted in, which is performing. And I was very scared to leave the comfort of the corporate industry. I was very scared because I had kids and I had responsibilities. 2010 I couldn’t. I shut down for the last time. Had my worst breakdown. I was gonna quit and I was gonna stay at home, and I was gonna be cool…” she said.

Thandeka finally landed her first gig in 2012. She however fell into another episode of depression because she was living away from her family.

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“The thing is, I thought when I was in this space, I thought I was good. But in 2016, I crashed again because I wanted too much out of myself and I was faced with the fact that I now am living my dream. I have to allow myself to live my dream, I’m away from my family and constantly feel guilty because I don’t live with my kids and there’s a lot of things falling apart. But there’s a lot of things happening, you just cannot strike the balance and you crash again…”

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