He is arguably the greatest swimmer to have ever taken part in the sport and now Michael Phelps is opening up about his battles with depression.
Phelps was interviewed by NBC’s Today and spoke of the low point in his life in October 2014. “For me, I was so down on myself, I didn’t have any self-love, quite honestly I didn’t want to be alive,” Phelps said. “It was a really, really crazy time.”
After talking about the way in which he shut out his friends from his troubles, that is when Phelps knew he had bottomed out and started to receive help for his depression.
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/michael-phelps-reveals-that-he-just-didnt-want-to-be-alive-contemplated-suicide-while-battling-depression
