Nick Kiergos reveals that being labeled "
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The label "bad boy of the world" and all the negative comments about him and his family made him doubt himself and wonder if he was really a very bad person.
The 28-year-old earned the label of tennis' bad boy early in his career.In 2019, Kiergos struggled with severe depression, and at the time, he even had suicidal thoughts. On Jay Shetty's podcast, Kiergos admitted that he wasn't happy with the label he was given, as he believes he is actually a very loving, kind and good person.
At one point, dealing with the constant criticism and scrutiny became too much for Kiergos.
"Yes, in 2019, I opened up about the darkest period of my life.
And I just. It's so easy to get, all these negative comments, you know, you turn on your phone now, you turn on social media, Instagram, Twitter, all of that. I'm just talking about millions of negative messages, negative messages about my family, like things that I feel like I've never really heard before, but they just get in my head, subconsciously they're there.
Then when things start happening, you think, maybe they're right. You start to doubt yourself. I think that's what I thought, oh, maybe they're right. And then I started to feel really negative about myself and I started to.
All these bad habits were happening and I couldn't handle it. I was 19 when it all started happening and I wasn't prepared for moments like this, and I think it was a tough time. It was like I was just enjoying myself. I had normal friends and then I went from school to now being in the spotlight on a global stage and it was impossible for me to handle.
I've never really dealt with it in a healthy way," Kyegos & Jay Shetty said on purpose. Now that Kyegos is in a much better place, he's letting people contact him to talk about their mental health issues. Over the past few years, Kyegos has repeatedly said that he is ready to talk to anyone who needs to talk.
