Styles P opens up about his daughter’s 2015 suicide death in the wake of World Mental Health Day.
On Monday, the LOX veteran sat with Apple’s The Message alongside Ebro Darden and spoke about recognizing warning signs of suicide.
“I’ve lost a daughter to suicide,” Styles said. “And thinking about mental health, I probably look at it different from most people. She didn’t have signs. Didn’t see it, didn’t know. She never had no attempts, no anything. Most people don’t know how other people feel.”
He continued, “Really, at the end of the day, even mental health specialists, even the experts, a lot of people don’t go around asking people how they feel or expressing how they feel. And with understanding that, like you said, I’m pretty sure most mental health experts have to go through some sort of specific training or class to keep their mind state intact.”
He said that people aren’t in touch with their mental health and explained how comparisons to others could lead to untimely deaths.
“I think the average individual doesn’t look at their own life, what they’re going through. And measure it on their own scale without comparing it to someone else. How they feel, and what’s going on, and what they should do, what they should not do, and what makes them tick. A lot of us aren’t in touch with ourselves to even be mentally healthy,” he added.
Tai Styles took her own life on July 27th, 2015. Shortly after the incident, Styles took to Instagram to express his grievances.
“I rarely speak on my personal issues, and I usually express my pain the through music. But today, I will share a little with you last month my wife and I lost a daughter and my son lost a sister,” he wrote in the post. Now though, Styles uses his knowledge to advocate for mental health and work to remove the stigma that comes with it.
