"I didn’t leave the house, for the most part. When I got up, I went downstairs, sat in the recliner, and I watched television nonstop," continued Mandisa. "The only time I left was when I got ...

more. During that period, Mandisa became a recluse. “You’re battling shame, and you don’t want to leave the house,” she recalled. “I didn’t leave the house, for the most part.