LOUISE DELOS REYES STEPS OUT OF COMFORT ZONE, GOES INTO PASTRY-MAKING

Following her battle with mental health issues, Louise delos Reyes is in a "better headspace" now.

- By CHARMIE JOY PAGULONG

The actress opened up about the difficult times in her life during the presscon for her latest starrer “Pasahero," directed by Roman Perez Jr. She admitted not being vocal about it in the past because she considers it a taboo topic in the Philippines. "But there was a time in my life that I thought and had this inner struggle - even if I'm surrounded with friends, I have work and I'm smiling in front of my fans - that I'm not good enough and I will never be enough," she recalled. "I thought, 'How can I end this because I am in so much pain?' It came to a point that it was too painful that I became very stagnant. I didn't feel any happiness. I didn't feel fulfilled in everything that I did."

"The worst thing that I thought of at that time was, 'What are the thoughts of people committing suicide? Ano kaya yung thought nila before jumping, before cutting their own wrists, their own neck? How can they handle such? Because I want to learn it. I want to know that idea for me to end this.'"

But she was thankful that even though she had those lingering thoughts, she would still find that "glimmering tunnel" of hope.