American actor Dwayne Johnson spoke about his early experiences with depression.
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In a recent appearance on ‘The Pivot Podcast,’ the ‘Black Adam’ star reflected on his changing mental health, noting that he suffered from depression after sustaining a shoulder injury that took a toll. impact on his football career at the University of Miami.
“My first battle with depression was over there in Miami. I didn’t want to go to school, I was ready to leave, he said. I left school. I didn’t pass my mid-year exams and just left.”
The American star played for the Miami Hurricanes football team in his freshman year of college in 1991 and won the national championship that year. Dwayne Johnson played with the team for four years.
“What’s interesting at the time is that I just didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know what mental health was, I didn’t know what depression was, he continued. I just knew I didn’t want to be there.”
Dwayne Johnson graduated in 1995 with a degree in general studies and studied criminology and physiology.
“I didn’t go to any of the team meetings, I didn’t participate in anything, I didn’t train. And you know, for us as athletes, any type of sweat and sweat is going to help us get these things out of our heads, the 51-year-old former wrestler explained. I couldn’t do it because of my shoulder. So, at that time, it was difficult for me.
After briefly playing for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, Dwayne Johnson pursued a career in wrestling, where he quickly rose to fame under his ring name, The Rock.