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WATCH: Tyler Perry Reveals Past Suicide Attempts While Reflecting On The Passing Of Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss

<p>Media mogul <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;video-tyler-perry-recalls-time-he-fired-entire-accounting-team-after-discovering-irs-owed-him-9-million-in-tax-returns&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Tyler Perry<&sol;a> is one of the many celebrities to share their reaction to the tragic passing of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;stephen-twitch-boss-passes-away-at-the-age-of-40-from-reported-suicide&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Stephen &&num;8216&semi;tWitch&&num;8217&semi; Boss<&sol;a>&period; On Wednesday&comma; the 53-year-old mogul took to Instagram to not only reflect on Boss&&num;8217&semi;s life&period; But to also share his own past struggles with mental health&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Hey everybody&period; I&comma; like the rest of the world&comma; am shocked by the death of Stephen Boss — tWitch&period; And it prompted me to come on&comma; to talk to any of you who are going through hard times&comma; struggling — I only met him a couple times and he was always full of life and seemed like such a light&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Perry&&num;8217&semi;s Past Suicide Attempts<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Perry goes on to say that Boss&&num;8217&semi;s passing prompted him to reflect on a time in his life when he &&num;8220&semi;tried to commit suicide&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CiYXGKuvU31" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;A couple of times&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Perry added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Because it was so dark&period; I didn’t think it would get any better&period; I had endured so much pain&comma; so much abuse — sexual abuse&period; It was all so hard to just move through&comma; that I thought the only way to make this better&comma; to make this pain go away&comma; is to end my life&period; Had any of those attempts happened&comma; I would’ve missed the best part of my life&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Perry Wants Anyone Struggling With Suicidal Thoughts To Reach Out For Help<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Perry went on to advise those suffering from similar debilitating thoughts to reach out to someone for help&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>What I realize now&comma; looking back on all of those dark times&comma; is that sometimes&comma; the pain is a buy-in&period; I know that&&num;8217&semi;s hard to understand — not all the time&comma; sometimes&comma; the pain is a buy-in&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s the only way I had to learn to look at it to get through it&period; What I mean by that is — all of that pain&comma; all of that hell&comma; all of that struggle — if I had given up&comma; if I had stopped&comma; I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have seen the better part of my life&period; So I was buying into something&period; I was paying for something&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Perry went on to explain that his thought process may not make sense to a lot of people&period; But that is how he had to rationalize his circumstances in order to move past them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>My life now I&&num;8217&semi;m the happiest I&&num;8217&semi;ve ever been&period; Life is full of joy&comma; love&period; Things I never thought I&&num;8217&semi;d get to&period; And I&&num;8217&semi;m saying this to you&comma; if you are a person who is considering suicide&comma; ending your life and you&&num;8217&semi;ve already been through a lot of hell&comma; please&comma; please&comma; please think about what the other side could be&period; It could be amazing&period; And you would miss the best part of it going through the darkness&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t let the darkness stop you from getting to this incredible place of light&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Perry ended his message by saying that he is &&num;8220&semi;so glad&&num;8221&semi; his attempts at suicide failed&period; He then shared the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;RIP tWitch&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Perry said before getting off-screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmKz8jEqCcE" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Perry&&num;8217&semi;s Life Lessons &amp&semi; How He Can Pass Them On<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Perry&&num;8217&semi;s life lessons are definitely worth taking heed of&period; And now he has a new member of his family to pass them on to&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;royals&sol;tyler-perry-is-godfather-to-meghan-markle-prince-harry-daughter-lilibet-diana-netflix-series&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&comma; Perry is the godfather to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&&num;8217&semi;s daughter Lilibet Diana&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the Netflix docu-series <em>Harry &amp&semi; Meghan&comma; <&sol;em>Perry described the moment that the parents approached him with the offer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-6" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">I go&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Okay&comma; what&&num;8217&semi;s going on&quest;&&num;8217&semi; They said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Well&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;d like for you to be Lili&&num;8217&semi;s godfather&period;&&num;8217&semi; I go&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Whoa&period;&&num;8217&semi; I had to take a minute to take that in&period; And I thought&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;d be honored&period; I&&num;8217&semi;d absolutely be honored&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1603373908241121280" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what do you think about Perry&&num;8217&semi;s transparency&quest; 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