Doechii has shared her experience of almost being pushed to suicide due to bullying in high school.
In an interview with The Cut, the Grammy Award recipient shared: “I faced such severe bullying that I considered taking my own life.” I understood, Oh, damn, I’m going to end my life, and then I’ll be the only one who dies. The bullies won’t be around me, and none of their words are coming with me as well. I would simply disappear.
She went on: “And then I thought, Forget that! Forget that nonsense! I’m not opting for that! A wave of tranquility enveloped me, and I embraced ‘I am Doechii.’
“However, it felt more like this sensation of — I made a choice, a resolution.” I am the key character in this film. “This is my damn movie.”
Doechii isn’t the sole female TDE artist to share her experiences with mental health challenges stemming from bullying.
SZA once revealed to People that she faced intense bullying throughout high school.
She mentioned: “I faced bullying because I wasn’t silent and I was simultaneously awkward. I wasn’t merely a small, sorrowful victim; rather, I was targeted largely due to the ‘What is wrong with you?’ vibe it exuded.
SZA commented, “I constantly believed, ‘Oh my God.’” “I will never gain anyone’s approval in life; this should be my key element, this must be the ultimate point.”
The “Kill Bill” artist continued to share: “I understood that everything I perceived as embarrassing was actually what shaped me into my true self.” It’s as if I skipped prom because I lacked friends and didn’t have anyone to accompany me… [and now] it’s strange that my life has evolved into [having] a bodyguard while attending events.
“If I had experienced such a fulfilling life in high school, all these things would have made me feel so validated that I wouldn’t have needed anything more.” I simply needed to take on more, I needed to be more since I thought, ‘This awful experience can’t be the conclusion because if it is, I’m done for.’”
