{"id":238653,"date":"2023-10-17T21:21:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=238653"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:21:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:21:27","slug":"jeezy-opens-up-about-8-year-battle-with-depression-amid-jeannie-mai-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/jeezy-opens-up-about-8-year-battle-with-depression-amid-jeannie-mai-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeezy Opens Up About 8-Year-Battle with Depression Amid Jeannie Mai Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, opened up about his battle with depression during an appearance on &#039;The Tamron Hall Show,&#039; which comes just one month after he filed for divorce from wife, Jeannie Mai.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jeezy<\/strong> is opening up about his years-long battle with anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on the <em><strong>Tamron Hall Show<\/strong><\/em> Monday, the Atlanta rapper said he had depression for eight years and didn&#8217;t even know it.<\/p>\n<p>The mental health battle and his journey to realizing and addressing what he was struggling with, is something the 46-year-old &#8220;Soul Survivor&#8221; artist details in his new memoir, <em>Adversity for Sale<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I learned that vulnerability is power,&#8221; Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, told Tamron Hall during the emotionally charged episode. &#8220;I thought something was wrong with me, thinking I come from poverty, this is just how it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unable to render YouTube Video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jay \u201cJeezy\u201d Jenkins\u2019 Memoir Is A Raw Look at Him Surviving the Street Life\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lvjFgoAmbsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While he didn&#8217;t grow up with an understanding of mental health or the resources to get help, Jenkins said he&#8217;s grateful for being able to &#8220;change&#8221; his mindset now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t understand trauma and all these different things so when I started to get the words for it, I started to understand and grab tools, I started to become better,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I started my journey and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m expressing it and putting it in the book because I didn&#8217;t know I was depressed for like eight years of my life straight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for the cause of his trauma, Jenkins said it came from growing up dealing drugs, where he saw his friends either abusing drugs or getting killed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You wake up and you just want to go back to sleep forever, you know? And I was leaning into my vices. And that&#8217;s what street life does to you,&#8221; Jenkins shared. &#8220;When you lose 200, 300, 400 people like gone forever, you just, you get numb. And I wasn&#8217;t able to get in touch with my emotions and I was wondering why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;Thank God for my kids but there was a time I was just cold. That&#8217;s when I was Young Jeezy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.toofab.com\/image\/4b\/5by4\/2023\/10\/13\/4b8bbdae02544c18977bc1ec3ec9a784_xs.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"img-fluid article-block__img-fluid\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>            Jeannie Mai Opens Up About Daughter&#039;s Support Amid Jeezy Split          <\/h4>\n<p>The admission comes on the heels of Jenkins&#8217; <strong>divorce<\/strong> from <em>The Real<\/em> alum, <strong>Jeannie Mai<\/strong>. Jenkins, who shares daughter, Monaco, 22 months, with Mai, filed for divorce from the talk show host back in September. Jenkins is also a dad to son Jadarius, and daughter, Amra, from previous relationships.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Jenkins stated that the marriage is &#8220;irretrievably broken&#8221; and &#8220;there is no hope for reconciliation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While he did not address his divorce from Mai in Monday&#8217;s interview, Mai <strong>has spoken out<\/strong> about their split, telling host Sherri Shepherd she&#8217;s been leaning on daughter Monaco during this tough time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monaco? That is my North Star,&#8221; Mai said during Friday&#8217;s episode of <em><strong>Sherri<\/strong><\/em>. &#8220;And I can definitely tell you that, I don&#8217;t know if I would handle this the same way without her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unable to render YouTube Video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeannie Mai | Sherri Shepherd\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/epTT3_LS6mo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because today, I&#8217;m able to look at her and I can say what would I advise you?&#8221; she continued. &#8220;If you were in my shoes? And it changes everything. So I&#8217;m so thankful to be a mom and I&#8217;m thankful to have her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you or someone you know needs help with mental health text &#8220;STRENGTH&#8221; to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.toofab.com\/image\/8f\/4by3\/2023\/09\/22\/8f21bd1934ad441382c82c26a3154f60_md.jpg\" width=\"825\" height=\"618\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" \/><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/toofab.com\/2023\/10\/17\/jeezy-opens-up-about-8-year-battle-with-depression-amid-jeannie-mai-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, opened up about his battle with depression during an appearance on &#039;The Tamron Hall Show,&#039; which comes just one month after he&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jeezy Opens Up About 8-Year-Battle with Depression Amid Jeannie Mai Divorce - lovemainstream.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/jeezy-opens-up-about-8-year-battle-with-depression-amid-jeannie-mai-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeezy Opens Up About 8-Year-Battle with Depression Amid Jeannie Mai Divorce - lovemainstream.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, opened up about his battle with depression during an appearance on &#039;The Tamron Hall Show,&#039; 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