On screen, MVP portrays a cunning, shrewd, and infrequently times ruthless character that has been the mouthpiece and oftentimes third/fourth man of The Hurt Syndicate/Business. Nonetheless, the veteran recently claimed during an episode of his “Marking Out” podcast that he’s struggled with anxiety for years and even experienced anxiety attacks over the past decade.
“I didn’t understand what was happening, where they were coming from,” he admitted, nonetheless, to deal along with his anxiety, MVP did something unconventional. “I went back and watched The Sopranos all yet again, because Tony Soprano was going to therapy because he was having these anxiety attacks and passing out.” The veteran quickly clarified that while he wasn’t passing out just like the character Tony Soprano, he experienced shortness of breath, tightness of chest, and profuse sweating.
“The gist of it’s, you understand as men, we do not wanna ask for help, you understand? We got to be strong, you understand, man the f**k up,” he expressed, further admitting that he eventually got here to terms with the lifetime of trauma he experienced that he eventually had to come back to terms with after talking to a sports psychologist. “He said ‘All of us have a reservoir for trauma and, like a dam, you’ve got to let a few of that water out. In case you don’t, that water’s going to search out a way out!'” MVP further claimed that the psychologist made him look back to the violence he experienced as a baby, and ultimately coming to terms with the state of his mental health.
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