Terry Crews Explains Why He Turned To Therapy When He Was ‘At Rock Bottom’: ‘I Had No Other Choice’
etcanada.comTerry Crews is opening up about how therapy has positively impacted his life. Speaking with Amy Morin on the “Verywell Mind Podcast”, the former NFL player and current host of “America’s Got Talent” shared how he had to completely change his approach to life and turn to therapy after he found himself “at rock bottom” and with “no other choice.” “For almost my first 40 years on Earth, [toughness] was a battle to get up the earliest, to work the longest, to do the most work,” Crews, 53, said of his mindset earlier in life. “And then I wore myself out.” After years spent pursuing excellence, he felt broken down by the “grind” mentality that’s so interwoven in the worlds of professional sports and entertainment. READ MORE: Terry Crews Apologizes To Anyone He Hurt Or Offended With Controversial Black Lives Matter Tweets: ‘It Was A Mistake’ “This grind will eat you up alive,” he added. “It’s literally a grinder.
And if you have that mindset, it will totally take you out in a lot of ways and you’ll be over it before you think you’re started.
But it can really, really eat you up.” Crews continued, “I had to redefine what toughness was. Toughness used to be the ability to throw punches.
But now in my revelation, it’s really the ability to take things, and to really endure the right way and to really just understand your weaknesses, understand your strengths and the wisdom to know the difference in a lot of ways.” Part of redefining toughness for Crews also meant turning to therapy.
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