Williams made the revelation during her co-hosting stint on CBS’s ‘The Talk’ during a candid discussion about mental health.
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“I think at the age of 25, had I had a name to what I was feeling at the time, I would have disclosed that, ‘I’ve been suffering from depression.’
I didn’t know until I was in my 30s what was going on…I’ve been suffering since the age of 13, I didn’t know what to call it, I’m in one of the top-selling female groups of all time [Destiny’s Child], suffering with depression.
When I disclosed it to our manager [Matthew Knowles] at the time, bless his heart, he was like ‘y’all just signed a multi-million dollar deal, you’re about to go on tour, what do you have to be depressed about.’ So I was like, “maybe I’m just tired.”
?I was to that place where it got so dark and heavy because sometimes you feel like, ?I?m the provider, I take care of people.
I?m not supposed to be feeling this way. What do I do?? And I wanted out,? she recounted.
For the record, Williams is feeling better these days and states, ?It?s off. It?s released. I?ve released it.?