Jameela Jamil offered words of encouragement to fans who may be dealing with mental health issues this week, revealing that she once tried to kill herself.

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay This month, 6 years ago, I tried to take my own life. I’m so lucky that I survived, and went on to use EMDR to treat my severe PTSD. I urge you to hang on just a bit longer and ask for help if you need it. Because things can turn around. I promise.

She said she sought help through eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, a form of “psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences,” according to the EMDR Institute .

There is so much work to do in Improving awareness and mental health care, and we need to further de-stigmatize the conversation around asking for help. While you’re gathering the strength, I recommend the work of @matthaig1 @Ayishat_Akanbi and @scarcurtis ❤️ALL my love to you❤️

Later, on Instagram, she elaborated, acknowledging that “not everyone is lucky enough to be able to access affordable therapy.”

Linking to two crisis hotlines, she said, “It’s not something you have to tolerate on your own. You have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. I feel you.”

“I’ve been there,” she added. “And it’s a process of radical self forgiveness, patience and care that will help you out. It feels like the pain, nightmares and exhaustion will never end sometimes, but they can. And they will.”

Jamil, who appears in the forthcoming film “How to Build a Girl” with Beanie Feldstein and Emma Thompson, has been outspoken about the benefits she found in EMDR.

“I had a therapy called EMDR that I used for depression, anxiety, eating disorder issues and PTSD, and if you should be lucky enough to access any mental healthcare I would urge you to spend your money on that before ANYTHING else that isn’t a necessity for your life,” she wrote on Instagram in July. “Saved my life.”

And the star, who also founded the “I Weigh” movement, told People in August she still suffers from body dysmorphia but has stopped looking in the mirror.

“I’m not interested in my appearance,” she said. “Doing that has helped me concentrate on progressing and doing things that enrich my life, like watching my career grow and my relationships grow. That’s what gives me a wonderful sense of self.”