Professional server Private Smith He opens up about his past mental health struggles frankly Instagram share Celebrating his thirtieth birthday.
“Oh man… 30 years and what a journey this life is! No one told me that life as an opportunity gets better every year. “The rules of the game are slowly being revealed day by day,” the athlete posted on Friday, January 3. “The magic becomes thicker, the colors become clearer, the purpose is refined, and the love that surrounds me grows. My connection to life becomes deeper. I am so grateful.”
Smith, 30, continued, explaining that “sometimes” he closes his eyes and “visits the version of myself that was struggling.”
“Concussed, depressed, suicidal, sad,” he continued in the animated post, which also included several photos of the surfer riding big waves, spending time with friends and enjoying the beach. “I put my hand on his heart and say it's all worth it! Just wait, it's all worth it!”
He concluded by saying: “Thank you all! Let the abundance flow and the light shine!”
In a March 2022 interview with The IndependentSmith spoke about the catastrophic injury he suffered while surfing in Indonesia that led to the surfer suffering from mental health issues.
“I heard this crazy, very quiet violin,” he told the publication at the time, referring to the moment he crashed while trying to ride a wave. “I had one of those moments where I was above the entire bay and looking down. I could see my friends in the lineup. I could see the boats in the bay. I could see the mountains. Then suddenly I realized I was actually underwater.”
He continued: “I felt like I might be leaving my body.” The strange thing is that it was a very comfortable, very loving and joyful state. There was no fear. “It was like being at home.”
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The somewhat euphoric feeling was short-lived, as when the surfer regained consciousness, he could not remember his name or address. As a result of this incident, Smith said he suffered a severe concussion and later realized that “something had broken” inside him.
“I couldn't work anymore,” he explained at the time. “I had to spend 10 hours a day in my bed in the dark and figure out what I wanted to do from there.”
Smith said he struggled with his mental health despite seeing doctors The Independent He decided to try psilocybin mushrooms as part of his “healing process.”
“It took me back to my childhood, that fire that was inside me when I was a child,” he explained. “It reminded me that I was a good person and that I was here to do good in this world. It reminded me that I should use my head injury as a guide to healing.
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