Ghanaian actress Clara Benson, better known by her stage as Maame Serwaa, has talked about the emotional pain she went through after her mother, Mrs. Rose Amoateng Benson, passed away. The Kumawood actress talked about how the death of her mother and false public charges drove her to the verge of depression in an emotional conversation with Emelia Brobbey on the Okukuseku show. It's not simple. She and I were quite close. My mother once told me that she would not pass away until she had held her grandkids in her arms. She recalled, "Everyone who knew me knew how close I was to my mother." Rumors that unjustly blamed Maame Serwaa of being responsible for her mother's death caused her great distress, she said.
Hearing accusations that I had murdered or otherwise exploited my mother deeply wounded me. She asked if people would still say such things about me if I weren't who I am now or if I were just a regular person. She disclosed that her mental health suffered greatly as a result of the backlash, and she considered suicide several times. I felt terrible. Sometimes I would ask myself, "Am I a bad person?" as I looked in the mirror. I made numerous attempts to hurt myself. I felt like a piece of myself was gone. In order to prevent me from seeing what was on my phone, the folks in my immediate vicinity even blocked my access to it.

Source: Pulse.com.gh