Charlamagne tha God wasn’t always this polished media maven we see today. When he first emerged, he was hip-hop’s antagonist. The controversial voice of the culture that said what you didn’t have the audacity to say. So when he began opening up about his struggle with anxiety and depression I was shocked. How could an anxious and depressed person be so bold? So unafraid and brutally honest? Since I also deal with anxiety and depression, I often freeze when I get anxious and become avoidant. But not Charlamagne. He defies myths about anxiety every time he touches a mic or appears on the television.
How does someone with a worrisome mind remain so unfiltered?
“If I’m not honest about what I’m feeling, it makes it worse,” he told MADAMENOIRE. “If I don’t say it, I feel like everybody sees it anyway… I just feel like if I don’t express it openly and honestly, it’ll just drive me crazy.”
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tanay hudson, the journalist & therapist 