Orlando Bloom details 'dark time' after suffering 'near-death experience' as a teen
dailymail.co.ukOrlando Bloom has opened up about his mental and physical struggles following a devastating 'near-death' accident as a teenager.The 45-year-old actor made the disclosure in an Instagram video for UNICEF in support of World Mental Health Day on October 10.In the clip, The Lord Of The Rings star described suffering a fall that nearly left him paralyzed.
Harrowing accident: 'When I was 19 I fell three floors from a window and broke my back. I was very fortunate to survive the fall because my spinal cord was still just intact,' Bloom said.'When I was 19 I fell three floors from a window and broke my back.
I was very fortunate to survive the fall because my spinal cord was still just intact,' Bloom said. 'And when I was in hospital, I was told for the first four days that I may never walk again.'The ordeal led to much introspection for the British star and made him reassess some of his previous behaviors.
Recovery: Bloom underwent spinal surgery and intense physical therapy after which he wore a back brace'That was really the beginning of what was a long and painful journey for me into recognizing and understanding some of the patterns that had been in my life that had led me to having numerous accidents,' he added. 'And the culmination was breaking my back, which was a near-death experience.'Bloom underwent spinal surgery and intense physical therapy after which he wore a back brace.
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