Randy Orton opens up about having panic attacks during his time away from WWE

While appearing on Stephanie McMahon’s What’s Your Story? podcast, Randy Orton talked about dealing with personal struggles while being away from WWE due to his spinal fusion surgery…

“Here’s my identity. This is who I am… the one thing I know that I’m good at and I get respect for, and I can’t do it anymore and for like, six months, I was under the impression that that was it… I got to like, a dark place. I was having like, panic attacks and it was like, it started to become hard to fly. Started to become hard to stay in another bed, and I would be, like, up all night… trying to go to bed at night and then not being able to lay down in bed, because my mind would start going, and then all of a sudden I’d get, like, hot, and I’d have to get out of bed… walking around our yard, just like, taking deep breaths. There was times where… I’d be with my kids… and I’m, I’m like, going through kind of like, I guess, an episode or something… and I’m hiding. You don’t want her to see… because I’m her big, strong dad.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)

Orton noted that he has been doing better and believes he is in a “good place.” Orton added that it feels like therapy to be discussing his mental health during the podcast.