Tamar Braxton Narrates Shocking Near Death Experience: 'Pray For Me For Real'
By Afouda Bamidele on August 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM EDT

Tamar Braxton had a close shave with death, according to her latest post.
The musician took her fans through a recent experience that nearly took her life a few days ago, amid gratitude for her life and friends for their timely intervention.
Tamar Braxton has lived a life of surviving several ups and downs, including a suicide attempt and a previous death scare, which had her battling breathing problems.
Tamar Braxton: 'I Don't Even Know What Happened To Me'

"Thank you, God, for waking me up today," Braxton penned on her Instagram story as she dove straight into how she fared last weekend and survived one of the worst periods of her life.
Admitting that she struggled to write the lengthy I paragraph on her Instagram Story, Braxton added that she barely has any strength to respond to everyone calling her to ask how she was faring.
The singer explained that she was found in a pool of blood by her friend at her home on Sunday. She also suffered a face injury, which has gotten worse as the days advance. According to her:
"I fractured my nose, lost some teeth, and mobility. The way I look at life now is totally different. As my health is on the mend, my mental journey begins."
The 48-year-old urged her fans to pray for her, citing that she had no idea what had happened to her before the alleged fall.
The Musician Spoke On A Health Scare Three Christmases Ago

This is not the first time Braxton has gone public with some of her health struggles. In 2022, Independent noted that she revealed that she had to be rushed to the hospital a few days before Christmas.
Braxton noted that tragedy struck during a shopping session with her friends for the festivities when she suddenly began experiencing breathlessness in the middle of the day.
"This isn't an attention post... this is an ATTENTION post," Braxton wrote, stating that the very next day, she had to be taken to the hospital via ambulance.
She had to be placed on oxygen, and she was beyond petrified thinking "God was taking me home cause I could not breathe and my chest was on FIRE!!" She confirmed that she indeed caught the flu, which felt worse than COVID.
Braxton explained that her condition had her on five different medications, as she urged everyone to stay indoors for the holiday season. According to her, "I wasn't around a lot of people and have NO IDEA where it came from... enjoy y'all holiday AT HOME... you don't want this."
Braxton Chose To Make A Change After A Suicide Attempt

The media personality looked back on such a dark time in her life, when her romantic partner found her unresponsive at home and rushed her for treatment. As noted by PEOPLE, the star recalled that the time represented one of the darkest times in her life.
"I didn't see how I was going to come out on the other side. I didn't even know that there was another side. But I chose to change my life," Braxton explained.
She added that being a regular in front of cameras at the time made her anxiety peak, thus causing pressure on her mental health. Her previous experience of sexual assault in 2018 was also traumatic for her, as it continued showing up in several ways to haunt her memory.
Braxton also battled the aftermath of the fallout between herself and her ex, David Adefeso, and her status as a single mother when she filmed "Get Ya Life!"
"After a scene, I'd watch it back, and it would be nothing like how it went down," she says. "They started piecing words together and sentences. I just thought that wasn't necessary," the actress shared.
The 'Let Me Know' Singer's Son Is The Source Of Her Strength

While thoughts clouded her head, one light kept things hopeful for the singer, and that was her son. Braxton expressed her resolve not to ever pose as disappointment in her son and, unfortunately, felt like committing suicide was the best way to ensure that.
Braxton confessed that she felt uneasy about letting her son play with friends because of the negative portrayal of her on television. The singer finally decided to get help and not take the easy way out by ending everything.
"I know now that that probably would have destroyed him, that the best life that I can set for him is to be the example, get counseling, and show him how to communicate," she explained.
She revealed her dedication to becoming the best mom and person to her children without the harrowing presence of a docuseries in her life to ruin her happiness.
Tamar Braxton Is Temporarily Pulling The Plug On Romance Till Her Son Is An Adult

In a new interview, the award-winning singer explained her thought process behind taking time to introduce any partner to her son, Logan. She shared that the idea to keep her romantic escapades away from him was to protect him and not leave him dealing with abandonment issues.
Braxton affirmed that the overwhelming urge to connect with others often overtook her desire for isolation. The singer revealed that her mantra for dating is to do it with intent, and it has increasingly become impossible for anyone to offer that these days.
She humorously added her plans to wait on the lord till he sends an angel man her way for a relationship. The singer and her ex-husband, Vincent Herbert, share a son from their 11-year marriage, which ended in 2019.
Wishing Tamar Braxton healing from what happened to her.