Savannah Chrisley Opens Up About Past Suicide Attempt, Says Her Dad Todd Chrisley Helped Her Heal By Sharing His ‘Trauma’

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Savannah Chrisley is opening up about a suicide attempt that happened when she was a teenager.“I didn’t really have a life-or-death experience, but I did try committing suicide so that potentially was maybe my life-or-death experience,” the Chrisley Knows Best alum, 25, said while being interviewed by mental health and addiction awareness advocate Patrick Custer during a Tuesday, May 30, episode of her “Unlocked” podcast.The Georgia native added that she believes the suicide attempt happened around the time her family began filming their USA Network reality series when she was about 15 or 16 years old.“It’s so crazy because when you go through so much trauma, I feel like your mind just blocks it out,” she explained. “I also feel like, too, there were maybe some side effects to what I had done to where it affected my memory but it all really was a blur.”Despite having a fuzzy recollection of the event, Savannah noted that she does remember her parents, Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, being present when she woke up in the hospital.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Even at that time, I remember lying to the doctors because I didn’t want to be held at the hospital,” she said. “I just kind of remember masking over. … You know, that was just, like, a hiccup.

I’m fine, I’m not crazy.”The podcaster — whose parents reported to prison in January after being found guilty of tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy in June 2022 — noted that Todd, 54, “stepped up” to help her after the incident.“My dad spent countless hours with me every day, just trying to get me to talk,” she shared. “Telling me his life stories, his trauma.