NBA star John Wall reflects on his battle with suicidal ideation

John Wall becomes open about his mental health.

The 31-year-old Los Angeles Clippers star recently reflected on a dark period in his life, revealing how the deaths of his mother and grandmother, a catastrophic sports injury and the COVID-19 pandemic took such a toll on his mental health that he thought. ending his life.

“At one point I thought about suicide,” Wall shared in an interview Donal Rowe with Box to Row radio on August 20. “Tearing my Achilles, my mom is sick, my mom passed away, my grandmother passed away a year later, all in the midst of COVID at the same time.”

Stina, whose mother Francis Pooley, who died in December 2019 after a battle with breast cancer, said he was at her bedside throughout her treatment, including when she took her last breath. “I’m going to chemotherapy,” he explained, “sitting with my mom, taking her last breath, wearing the same clothes for three days straight, lying on the couch next to her, sobbing.”