Braun Strowman has recently opened up about his mental health. The Raw superstar has recently started to discuss these struggles in a WWE Network Chronicle special and added more to it during Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast.
He added to it in an interview with TV Insider, being asked if knowing it was out there was cathartic. While he doesn’t want it to be what defines how we think of the Braun Strowman character, or Adam Scherr the man, he found opening up has helped him out in ways he didn’t expect.
“When we were doing the Chronicle documentary, that was hard for me. A lot of the stuff I talked about I thought I would take to the grave. Stuff I might have been embarrassed about. There is this whole thing that because I’m a gigantic, muscular guy that I’m not supposed to have emotions. That’s all a bunch of malarkey. At some point in life, everyone goes through stuff.”
“It wasn’t for sympathy or people to feel sorry for me. That’s the last thing I want people to feel when they think of Adam [Scherr] or Braun the character. [Life] is so worth living. No matter what is going on, you can find a silver lining in it. The glass is always half full. The outreach I got from my fans and the WWE Universe, and from people who don’t even watch wrestling — it meant a lot to them that I was willing and able to open up and share those stories. It gave a lot of people hope. It’s all about finding a friend, work colleague, and talking and reaching out for help. That’s the cool thing about being a human being. We’re unstoppable when we work together as humans. I want people to know the world will keep on turning, but it wants you to spin with it.”
Strowman addressed a variety of topics in the interview, including his plans for Survivor Series, his relationship with Raquel Gonzalez, and The Undertaker. Click here for the full interview.
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