Dwayne Johnson Opens Up About His Depression After His Mom’s Suicide Attempt

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson revealed that he was hiding his battle with depression, which he’d suffered with for decades, jumpstarted from when he was living in poverty as a child and witnessed his mom attempt suicide when he was 15.

“She got out of the car on the Interstate 65 in Nashville and walked into oncoming traffic,” he said to the Express. “Big rigs and cars were swerving out the way. I grabbed her and pulled her back on the gravel shoulder of the road.”

He adds, “She has no recollection of it whatsoever. Probably best she doesn’t…. 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.”

Read more at the Express.