Taraji P. Henson got real about her mental health journey following her recent month-long trip to Bali, Indonesia. After opening up on her social media with breathtaking pictures from her trip, Henson explained that the reason for her Bali trip wasn’t to take all those pictures but instead, so that she could take some time to care for herself. In an E! News interview on April 11, Henson assuaged her fans’ concerns about her and told the world she was feeling better.

The 52-year-old actress began, “I wasn’t there for fancy posts. I shared some of it because I know a lot of my fans were concerned about me. And a lot of people could identify with where I was. They felt the same way.”

Additionally, she credited her more positive affect to therapy and her friends as an extensive support system for her. She named the combination of all those things that pulled her from the dark place she admitted to being stuck in the past year.

“I had really hit a wall, but I decided to do something about it,” Henson admitted after saying she struggled mentally back in 2022. The

Hidden Figures star expressed to the outlet, “I decided to fight for myself and to dig deep within and work on myself. And that’s when I went away to Bali for a whole month, and I literally ate, prayed and loved. I met an incredible community of people that I still keep in touch with, and I found my joy and my happiness. I’m not the same woman that I was before I went to Bali. I feel like myself again.”