Mary J. Blige, the legendary superstar who won six Grammys, has gone through tremendous hardships throughout her life. Even though she went from rags to riches with her divine musical gift, the violence and poverty of her childhood home negatively influenced the people around her, therefore influencing her. Carrying those experiences with her throughout her life greatly factored in her once notorious temper tantrums, depression, alcohol abuse and cocaine use in her adult life.
Time has been a healer and she’s no longer in the dark place of her past. “You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences,” Blige said in aninterview with New York magazine.
Bad childhood experiences have drastic effects on the mental health and emotional stability of an individual. It can cause them to either become hollow, depressed, spiteful, fearful, hot-tempered and/or full of unconditional hate and mistrust for their fellow man and self and make bad choices, which will lead to bad health.
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source: BlackDoctor.org
