Dwayne Johnson talks candidly about his battle with depression! Dwayne Johnson talks about his battle with depression.

Last Updated on 05/16/2023 by てんしょく飯

Dwayne Johnson confesses his battle with depression.

On Tuesday 9 May, actor Dwayne Johnson appeared on the podcast The Pivot to talk about the setbacks he has experienced in his life and his mental health.

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Dwayne was a football player as a student at the University of Miami, but a shoulder injury ended his playing career.

‘It was while attending the University of Miami that my struggle with depression began. I didn’t want to go to school anymore. I was all ready to go. I ended up quitting school without even taking a midterm,’ recalls Dwayne, ‘It’s funny, but at the time I didn’t know why it was happening. I didn’t even know that I was depressed because I didn’t know what mental health was. But I just didn’t want to be there,” he continued.

He added: “I didn’t attend team meetings, I didn’t even exercise. For us athletes, exercise and sweating is supposed to be refreshing in itself. I couldn’t do it because of the pain in my shoulder,” said Dwayne, “I didn’t know the cause of it at the time. Then, years later, when I went through a divorce, I had the same feeling. Even then, I didn’t know,” he said, revealing that he had gone through depression several times.

She added: “In 2017, I felt depressed again. At that time, I knew a bit about the illness. And I said, ‘I’m feeling a bit dizzy right now. There were friends who I could confide in: ‘I’m feeling a bit dizzy at the moment, there’s a conflict in my mind and I’m looking grey instead of blue.’ They were there for me.

His current emotional support is his two daughters, and he says that life as a girl’s dad has brought him a great deal of emotional stability.