Sean Strickland is on the headlines once again- no, not for any controversial statements this time, the UFC middleweight star has now opened up about his own mental health struggles.
From his fighting style in the cage to his candid words on the mic, there are little number of fighters who are as unpredictable as “Tarzan”. From his vicious callous of other UFC fighters, to his radical political statements, Strickland is one to always fire up the MMA fandom with what he says.
However, his recent words has been of a rather different tone. In a recent social media post, the former UFC middleweight champion, who had earlier revealed about his troubled past, opened up about his constant struggles with mental health.
Sean Strickland details how he has been coping up with mental health struggles
“I’m always fighting the demons, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose,” Strickland captioned the clip on Instagram, discussing how he has been confronting his demons. Strickland disclosed in the video how gloomy his thoughts might occasionally go. While Strickland has headlined several events during his career and reached the pinnacle of his division as a UFC champion, he acknowledges that the mental battle is a daily struggle.
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“All week I’ve been f*cked up, dude,” said Strickland in the video. “I’ve been on the Twitter saying crazy sh*t, just f*cking spiraling. I woke up and I told my girl, I was like, ‘Babe, I feel like I’m a danger to people. Like I don’t feel like I should be out in the world.’ And I think that – I have everything. I’m rich, I’m famous, I have everything I ever f*cking wanted and I am still mentally unwell. I get in these mindsets to where like I want to burn everything down in the world. Like, I want to have nothing, so I can just f*cking lose it and just take out everything on people.”
“I think that you guys, in a weird way, are like my family,” he went on, “Like I’ve shared some sh*t with you guys, and you guys have shared some sh*t with me. I feel more connected with my fans than I think most people feel just because we’ve gone through a lot together. I have everything I want, and I still struggle with mental health. My memory is so short that, like, when I go out into this week, I think to myself, like once I get past it, I think to myself, like, ‘Oh, man. That was a really rough time in my life.’ But then when I really think about it, this happens multiple times a month, every month.”
“Again, I don’t know why I’m telling you guys this. I’ve just been kind of going through some sh*t. I’m fine. I’ll be fine. I’m going to go train right now and try to hurt all of my friends, and all of the demons will go away. I just want you guys to know that I have everything I could ever want in the world, and I still struggle. So, whatever you guys are going through man, hope y’all feel better. Go to the gym, train. F*cking wish you all the best,” added Strickland. [H/T MMA Junkie]
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