The Rock Opens Up About His Battle With Depression

Speaking about the worst time in his life, he said: "Struggle and pain is real. I was devastated and depressed. I reached a point where I didn’t want to do a thing or go anywhere. I was crying constantly,"
He also told The Express newspaper that the "absolute worst time" in his life was when an injury forced him to give up football in college and his girlfriend broke up with him around the same time.
“We both healed, but we’ve always got to do our best to pay attention when other people are in pain. We have to help them through it and remind them they are not alone," he said.
In a recent Instagram post, The Rock revealed that his mother suffered from mental health problems and attempted suicide when he was 15 years old.
"She got out of the car on Interstate 65 in Nashville and walked into oncoming traffic,” he wrote.
“Big rigs and cars were swerving out of the way. I grabbed her and pulled her back on the gravel shoulder of the road.”
He added that his mother had no recollection of the episode.
"What's crazy about that suicide attempt is that to this day, she has no recollection of it whatsoever. Probably best she doesn't,' he concluded.

Not your typical scene on our comedy #ballers, as I cracked a beer open toasting my character’s brother, William who committed suicide. Got me thinkin’ though bout how many of us have been affected by suicide of our friends, family. Struggle and pain is real. We’ve all been there on some level or another. My mom tried to check out when I was 15. She got outta the car on Interstate 65 in Nashville and walked into oncoming traffic. Big rigs and cars swerving outta the way not to hit her. I grabbed her and pulled her back on the gravel shoulder of the road. What’s crazy about that suicide attempt is to this day, she has no recollection of it whatsoever. Probably best she doesn’t. Shits of a scene to shoot - didn’t like it - but it did reminder that we always gotta do our best to really pay attention when people are in pain. Help ‘em thru it, get ‘em talkin’ about the struggle and remind ‘em that they’re not alone. We got lucky that day when I was 15 and that ain’t always the case.

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