AKOTHEE TALKS EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND GOING TO THERAPY

Celebrated musician Akothee took to social media and opened up about emotional abuse.

In a recent social media post, Akothee expressed gratitude to those who supported her during a challenging period of her life. She revealed that she had been undergoing therapy for the past two months. “Allow me to thank everyone that prayed for me in silence, everyone that walked me through the journey, I have come out of a very dangerous zone and I have been healing in private, I am on my 2nd month of therapy.

The trauma I went through after finding out the truth and some ugly stuff that left me shaking, went days without food and no sleep, questioning and answering myself, it has been very heavy some days, a night will just break into a day with me looking outside the window guessing at nothing. I would be shaking for reasons I can’t explain, and just remember, I still had work to do, a family and an empire to protect. I still had to put on a strong Face and entertain my fans,” Akothee said.

She thanked her close friends and family for being helpful during the challenging time, “I thank all my close friends, family especially my children, my mom Beatrice Schnelli-Okello, my best friend Nellyoaks, PLO and VJ Adams, for being part of my strength. I would not have done it without you. Nelly Oaks has been on speed dial. He would call me nonstop and would panic when my phone went off, my children, especially the girls, made sure we had a face timer just to check if I am okay. Rue followed me to Europe in fear of losing me, baby sitted me until I could stand on my feet.” 

Akothee also said she had to pay Sh50,000 per hour for her first therapy session, “I started by monitoring my behaviours, I realised I was breaking down quite often for no reason, even just a simple interview I had become emotionally unstable, and I couldn’t put a finger on it. I never knew about emotional abuse, until I started therapy. I was in a bad state of mind that got me to pay Sh50,000 per hour for an hour session with the first therapist, I was shaking, loss of energy, appetite, sleep, panic attacks and even lost motivation in doing things I loved to do.”

Akothee asked for privacy during this challenging time, “I request All of you to stay calm , keep praying for me and my family. Please bloggers I know this is some sweet Gossip but I ask you to give me some private moments. Allow me to go through this and once everything is okay and I am stable enough to talk about it, I will be back with good news. We are fixing some stuff off camera, I don’t want to hurt anyone, not even you reading this, not at all. I love you.”