Janella Salvador discusses post-breakup depression

FILE: “always cold” (Photo: @superjanella/Instagram)

Twenty-one-year-old Kapamilya actress and singer Janella Salvador has finally revealed how she overcame her depression from her most recent relationship during an interview with television host Boy Abunda on his show “Tonight with Boy Abunda” last Friday, April 12 on his segment ‘Legit or Lie.’

During the show, Tito Boy asked Janella if it was ‘Legit or a Lie’ that she has gotten over her last relationship, which she happily brought out the ‘Legit’ card. Though the name of her partner was not really mentioned, her last relationship that was revealed to the public was with actor Elmo Magalona.

She explains, “I went through really bad times.

I got depressed, I didn’t want to get out of the house anymore. When I went through that, it was like I wanted to be in this little hole and never get out. I was stuck there with all these bad memories in my head… What happened to me was really amazing. God spoke to me, and ever since that day happened, I have a different outlook now on life.”

The Cebuana specifies that she found three of her friends sending her an inspiring text message the same morning, one of them being fellow actress Erich Gonzales, revealing, “She sent me a long message telling me that ‘there is something better in store for you. God wants to tell you that.’ It was so long and so beautiful.”

After her failed relationship with Elmo, whom she once elaborated on physically abusing her on drunken nights, Janella said she learned “what [she] can tolerate, what [she] can’t tolerate, and how to love someone, but at the same time still love yourself,” concluding, “Not forget about yourself because at one point, I didn’t realize it while I was there, but I gave too much of myself away that I forgot that I had my own person.”

Last October 2018, Janella admitted that she had started seeking professional therapy as a victim of physical abuse. In March, she shares that she has forgiven Elmo for any previous altercations.