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As sad as it is that so many people suffer from depression these days (according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, in 2015, 16.1 million adults had experienced one major depressive episode in the year prior), it’s good that many are also being open about it. Actress Logan Browning is one of those people.
The Dear White People and former Hit the Floor actress shared on Twitter, albeit briefly, that she is presently going through depression. She wrote, “It just took me a full 24 hours to get out of bed and stay out. Depression is a reaper. Be well.”
She didn’t keep the tweet up for long, but she did a post a picture of herself in the sun, alluding to the idea that you have to go through darkness to truly appreciate the beauty of being in the light.
Browning has touched on her decision be open about things like her mental health in the past. Back in April, she told the Minority Reporter she feels like she it owes it to people.
“I feel like it’s my motive to educate the world that the people they see in the public eye are just like them, and they have issues just like them,” she said. “I’m always trying to take celebrity off its pedestal. Even though there is power in it, I sometimes find myself trying to knock myself off any kind of pedestal I would ever be put on, because I don’t feel that way. So, in that way I do make myself open and vulnerable, and I feel like it does connect me to other people. I’m way more open publicly than I am if someone is trying to get to know me. I put my guard up and guard my heart. But there are certain personal things I can be vulnerable with. I don’t mind telling the world I get depressed sometimes. I don’t mind telling the world that I don’t live in a huge house. I don’t mind telling the world things that make me relatable.”
