Uriah Hall reveals he had suicidal thoughts after retirement

Forward of former UFC star, Uriah Corridor’s boxing struggle on the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva card, he received candid about his psychological well being.

“I used to be in a bizarre place,” Corridor reported throughout a media scrum (h/t MMA Junkie). “After leaving MMA, man, I fell into a extremely deep gap. If I might discuss it, I fell right into a deep despair. A whole lot of athletes, once you do one thing for therefore lengthy, that’s what you determine as, you already know? You’re a soccer participant solely otherwise you’re a fighter solely. Folks don’t see that once you stroll exterior you’re like, ‘Wait, there’s nothing else for me to do?’”

Corridor left MMA in August after an extended profession together with an look on The Final Fighter in 2013.

“After I say I felt depressed, I even at one level checked out my firearm. Like, wait a minute, I can go down a extremely darkish path if I don’t get out of this. And other people don’t discuss that s***,” he mentioned. “Melancholy is an actual factor, and in case you don’t have the correct help group, help system, you received’t get out of it, man. In case you take a look at like Robin Williams and all these forms of folks, you’re like, ‘How the f**** did you kill your self?’ I get it. Like, at that second, I lastly f***ing understood. … I sat on my sofa for actually per week straight not understanding what to do. I keep in mind opening the door for the primary time seeing daylight, I used to be like, ‘What the f***.’”

Corridor is certainly one of an extended line {of professional} fighters talking out about psychological well being together with Khalil Rountree and Paddy Pimblett.

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