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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is speaking publicly about his and his family’s struggles with depression.
In an interview with the U.K.’s Express, Johnson spoke about his mother’s attempted suicide, which took place when he was 15. “Struggle and pain is real. I was devastated and depressed,” he told the outlet. “I reached a point where I didn’t want to do a thing or go anywhere. I was crying constantly.”
After the interview published, Johnson tweeted that he received “tons of responses. Thank you.”
“We all go thru the sludge/(expletive) and depression never discriminates,” he continued. “Took me a long time to realize it but the key is to not be afraid to open up. Especially us dudes have a tendency to keep it in. You’re not alone.”
Months after her family had been evicted from its apartment, Johnson’s mother attempted suicide. She walked out of her car on a major interstate in Nashville, Tenn., and into oncoming traffic.
Johnson has previously revealed details about his mother’s suicide attempt. In a February Instagram post about filming a scene involving suicide in his HBO series “Ballers,” Johnson wrote that the moment had him reflect on “how many of us have been affected by suicide of our friends, family.”
“I grabbed her and pulled her back on the gravel shoulder of the road,” Johnson wrote. “We got lucky that day when I was 15 and that ain’t always the case.”
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