Jennifer Holliday: “It’s As If My Whole Life Started Over”

With her performance of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” in the musical Dreamgirls, beautiful singer Jennifer Holliday became a star on Broadway and in Hollywood. But Holliday’s life and career offstage slipped out of control as she battled a number of diseases including obesity and depression.

Holliday was in despair for more than ten years before she could admit to herself that she had more than just an occasional case of “the blues.” Now she shares her story of overcoming depression—day by day—and stresses that seeking medical treatment for this common disease is the key to successful recovery.

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source: BlackDoctor.org