Tommy Dreamer Clarifies Comments On Depression

Earlier in the week, Tommy Dreamer opened up about his struggles with depression and mental health issues.

The ECW icon even revealed that things got so bad in 2001 that he considered murdering Paul Heyman before committing suicide in front of millions of people at WrestleMania 17.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Dreamer has discussed his previous claims and stated that his aim in speaking out was to prove how just because someone may “look fine”, it doesn’t mean that they are.

He said that this was particularly important following the recent tragic deaths of Ashley Massaro and Adrian “Lionheart” McCallum

“The main reason why I did this, because in two weeks, two people killed themselves. And one, Ashley Massaro, I was supposed to meet her the next day, and the other person was Lionheart, and I didn’t know Lionheart. And I’ll read to you his last tweet,” he said, before delving into Lionheart’s final tweet that he shared. Dreamer went on to discuss how he spoke to wrestlers that were close to Lionheart, and how the lack of discussion around the issue of depression is affecting everyone.”

Tommy Dreamer would continue by adding:

“I’m sure if he would have just told the world, ‘Hey, I’m thinking of killing myself,’ the world would have told him how bad of an idea that was. It’s okay to have a sad day, it’s okay, but you have to fight through it. And I then talked about a moment in my head where life wasn’t good for me, and I’m not going to go into it, because I don’t hate Paul Heyman. And it was just, you know, when you’re sitting up late at night and thinking all these horrible thoughts, you get lost in your own head. And it was brought out to me by someone, that there’s a big difference between being depressed and someone who fights depression. And people who fight depression need help, and if you’re depressed, it’s much different, and I was depressed. I don’t fight or have depression, but I wanted to tell everyone hey, even the guy you see on TV, even for me, I was in the best shape of my life, I’d go to the gym every day, but I was numb. There were some days I didn’t wake up, because this thing that I loved, ECW, was now gone. The person who I thought was my friend betrayed me. My parents, I had lost so much money, all this stuff, and I was just walking around like a robot. And I don’t want people to ever feel like that.”

Dreamer noted that WWE Hall of Famer and current AEW commentator Jim Ross actually helped him get the help he needed to turn his life around, and it seems as if Tommy is thankfully doing a lot better now.

Thanks to WrestleZone for the transcription.

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