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Seyi Shay Opens Up On Childhood Struggles, Trauma
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Seyi Shay Talks Openly About Childhood Trauma and Struggles
In the first episode of her podcast ‘No Bars Barred,’ Seyi Shay opened up about her difficult childhood experiences.
In the episode, she talks about not meeting her father until she was in her teen years and how she was primarily raised by her mother, who had to hold down many jobs to support her family.
“I didn’t know my dad for a while until I got into my teenage years.
“I didn’t really know who he was although he came around a lot when I was much younger; I couldn’t remember him.
“I was raised by my mum predominately and my brothers and sisters.
“I’m the last of four children and the age gap between myself and my brother is huge.
“I kinda came randomly, unexpected, unplanned, unwanted in some degrees,” she said.
Seyi Shay recounts being frequently child-minded, being cared for by various individuals, and struggling to acquire a sense of identity.
She claims that she hated her parents and felt hollow and bitter growing up in a dysfunctional environment.
She does admit, though, that her mother was doing the best she could under the circumstances to support her family.
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Seyi Shay began to feel the anguish of her early events more keenly as she grew older and became more autonomous.
She remembers feeling adrift in her late 20s and having a hard time figuring out what she wanted out of life.
She gradually came to realise that her desire to establish a strong family unit of her own and follow a different course of action than her mother gave her a sense of purpose.
“I knew that I needed something to hold on to. Something that was mine, something that could help me to realize who I was, something that I could pour all my love that was innately in me into, that I never really got to feel from my parents or even express to anybody fully.
“At that point, I was like, you know what, I want a family and I wanted to do what my mum didn’t do.
“Everything that I feel she failed in, I wanted to do it right,” she said.