Jada Pinkett Smith admits she used to have suicidal thoughts but ayahuasca therapy saved her life… after admitting she separated from Will Smith 7 years ago

Jada Pinkett Smith ‘was in so much pain’ with ‘a massive amount of depression’ when she turned 40 in 2011 that she seriously contemplated suicide.

‘I couldn’t figure a way out besides death. So I made a plan,’ the 52-year-old mother-of-two confessed in her People cover story – on stands Friday.

‘[The voices were telling her] “Just kill yourself. You’re not worth anything, you ain’t s***.” I started looking for places, cliffs where I could have an accident, because I didn’t want my kids to think that their mother had committed suicide.’

Jada’s 25-year-old son Jaden Smith could see her suffering and he introduced her to the idea of taking ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic drug, during a mother-son conversation in the kitchen.

‘I’ve learned how to tune into each one of them and understand their superpowers. And so when Jaden came to me that day and he’s like, “Mom, you got to to hear this. My friend’s dad, he had this experience. I need you to come in here and listen,”‘ Pinkett Smith recalled.

‘I’m like, “I’m there. What is it?” And it opened up a whole new world of healing that I’m so grateful for.’

At this point, the Daytime Emmy-winning producer and her entire family have taken part in the nauseating-yet-cathartic hallucinogenic tea ceremony usually led by a shaman in South America.

‘Ayahuasca helped me, it gave me a new intimate relationship with myself that I had never had before,’ Jada claimed.

‘The suicidal thoughts completely went away.’

The 52-year-old mother-of-two confessed in her People cover story: ‘So I made a plan. [The voices were telling her] “Just kill yourself. You’re not worth anything, you ain’t s***.” I started looking for places, cliffs where I could have an accident, because I didn’t want my kids to think that their mother had committed suicide’

‘Superpowers’: Jada’s 25-year-old son Jaden Smith (R, pictured in 2022) could see her suffering and he introduced her to the idea of taking ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic drug, during a mother-son conversation in the kitchen

Smith recalled: ‘When Jaden came to me that day and he’s like, “Mom, you got to to hear this. My friend’s dad, he had this experience. I need you to come in here and listen.” I’m like, “I’m there. What is it?” And it opened up a whole new world of healing that I’m so grateful for’

August 27 family portrait: At this point, the Daytime Emmy-winning producer and her entire family have taken part in the nauseating-yet-cathartic hallucinogenic tea ceremony usually led by a shaman in South America

Jada claimed: ‘Ayahuasca helped me, it gave me a new intimate relationship with myself that I had never had before. The suicidal thoughts completely went away’ (pictured September 18)