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Braden Smith has been fighting demons well beyond the football field.<\/p>\n
The Colts\u2019 right tackle revealed that his obsessive compulsive disorder, combined with religious scrupulosity, forced him to have suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was physically present, but I was nowhere to be found,\u201d Smith told the Indianapolis Star of missing the Colts\u2019 final five games of the regular season. \u201cI did not care about playing football. I didn\u2019t care about hanging out with my family, with my wife, with my newborn son. \u2026 I (felt like) was a month away from putting a bullet through my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith, who has played all seven of his pro seasons with the Colts, explained that his Christian faith had warped his mindset into a more sinister, negative outlook on his life.<\/p>\n
Religious scrupulosity is a form of OCD that had Smith constantly repenting perfectly for every sin he committed, where he even started questioning his motivations or his delivery for his repentance. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s the actual, real, true, living God,\u201d said Smith, who converted after being raised Methodist. \u201cAnd then there\u2019s my OCD god, and the OCD god is this condemning (deity). It\u2019s like every wrong move you make; it\u2019s like smacking the ruler against his hand. \u2018Another bad move like that and you\u2019re out of here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith added that he was trying to be perfect and driving himself crazy in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was only one person that was ever perfect, and that was Jesus,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to live up to that standard, actually live that out, it\u2019ll drive you nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unlike the physical manifestations of OCD \u2014 hand-washing or counting objects \u2014 Smith\u2019s compulsive behaviors are mostly an internal struggle.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll latch onto certain pieces of the Bible, certain Scriptures, talking about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit,\u201d Smith added. \u201cI\u2019d be like, \u2018Oh, if I think something bad about God, I\u2019m going to hell.\u2019 Selling my soul to the devil-type stuff, that was a prominent theme.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith went to therapy and was placed on an antidepressant and a mood booster, which his wife, Courtney Smith, said didn\u2019t work. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were all on the phone at the same time, trying to figure out how we can get him OK, he didn\u2019t want to not play,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the pharmaceuticals didn\u2019t make him feel like himself, and so as his wife, I didn\u2019t want him going out there and playing when he didn\u2019t feel like himself, because football\u2019s a dangerous game. You don\u2019t want to be trying to wrestle 300-pound men if you don\u2019t feel all with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thanksgiving, things took a turn for Smith as he was checked into an intensive mental health facility, where he would sit out the final five games of the season. The Colts initially called this absence \u201cundisclosed personal reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ibogaine, a psychoactive compound derived from the iboga plant in Central Afria, was Smith\u2019s self-described \u201clast ditch effort\u201d to a solution, though, as it is classified as a Schedule 1 drug in the U.S., he had to go to Mexico for treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, it wasn\u2019t very intense,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI had two hours of, like, you know, visuals, hallucinations, and nothing I can remember. \u2026 They say that ibogaine gives you what you need. You just don\u2019t, we just don\u2019t know what it is at the moment.\u201d <\/p>\n
Smith also recalls taking the psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT, which he said \u201creset\u201d his brain and helped him find God in the correct way.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t explain it, except for me and God were intimately just one,\u201d Smith said of his DMT experience. \u201cWhen I started calling on Jesus\u2019s name, I was like, \u2018I need you to heal me, please forgive me for everything.\u2019 I shot up, and it seemed like I was being exorcised of demons out of me, or bad energy, or whatever it was. \u2026 It didn\u2019t take much. It just took me surrendering to God, calling on His name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith added that he in a much better spot now and looks forward to playing in the NFL next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still have OCD, but it doesn\u2019t have a hold over me,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t dictate my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith restructured his contract with the Colts, lowering his salary from $16.75 million to $8 million this season where he hopes to return to the high caliber player he has been his whole career. <\/p>\n
\u201cGetting Braden Smith back, and he\u2019s in a great spot,\u201d Colts general manager Chris Ballard said. \u201cI think people forget how good Braden is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith started in 92 games since being drafted by the Colts in 2018 and was the league\u2019s sixth best offensive tackle according to Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis, you can call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org for free and confidential crisis counseling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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