A mother’s love is often regarded as the greatest love of all, and it helped Sharon Au push through right when the former actress needed it the most.
In the latest episode of local radio DJ Jean Danker’s podcast R U Okay?, which was released on 13 April, the 46-year-old shed light on some of her mental health struggles during her younger days.
Jean referenced a 2018 article that Sharon had written for Lianhe Zaobao where she talked about suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression after the 2011 Japan earthquake. Sharon was studying there at that time and the disaster happened the month she was supposed to return to Singapore.
She couldn’t remember what drove her to the state of feeling like “it’s pointless to continue” but she knew she had to tell her mum.