In an essay in the latest issue of Essence, Janet Jackson opened up about her “intense” struggle with depression. “I struggled with depression. The struggle was intense. Low self-esteem might be rooted in childhood feelings of inferiority. It could relate to failing to meet impossibly high standards. And of course there are always the societal issues of racism and sexism. Put it all together and depression is a tenacious and scary condition. Thankfully, I found my way through it.” Jackson went on to say in the present day it's the love of her 1-year-old son, Eissa Al Mana, that brings her so much joy.“The height of happiness is holding my baby son in my arms and hearing him coo, or when I look into his smiling eyes and watch him respond to my tenderness,” she writes of her little boy. “When I kiss him. When I sing him softly to sleep. During those sacred times, happiness is everywhere.” Miss Jackson will be headlining the 2018 Essence Festival in New Orleans next month.
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