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Ronda Rousey On Suicide: ‘It’s Not Something Like A Weakness That We Should Condemn’

By Lindsay McCane
Published on: 09:17 PST, Feb 25, 2016

Ronda Rousey is still recovering from her devastating loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November. The formerly undefeated fighter recently admitted that she contemplated suicide following the loss, and now she is talking about the stigma associated with people who admit they have been suicidal.

During a recent interview with TMZ, Ronda Rousey said she doesn’t believe having suicidal thoughts is a sign of weakness, and “it’s something real people are going through.” She then acknowledged that there is a history of suicide in her family — her father and grandfather both killed themselves.

“There’s a history of suicide in my family,” Rousey said. “My father and his dad both took their lives and I think suicide is the No. 1 killer of young teens as well. I do a lot of work with Didi Hirsch, which is a free mental health clinic here in LA and the last event I went to here with them was erasing the stigma, taking the stigma away from suicide and everything and making it actually acceptable for people to talk about it — and look for help and not feel ashamed of themselves for it and should be encouraged.”

“It’s not about damning people and I feel like there’s been an overly negative light on that,” Ronda continued. “It’s something that people are going through, not something like a weakness that we should condemn.”

As the Inquisitr previously reported, Ronda Rousey originally admitted that she had thought about committing suicide after she lost to Holm during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“It’s always crazy going into every fight. Always so much chaos, and so many things going on. Things weren’t perfect. They never are,” Rousey explained to DeGeneres. “It was my third title fight in nine months, and I don’t think anyone has even attempted that before.”

As Rousey continued her conversation with DeGeneres, she started to get emotional recalling the events that took place after the fight.

“Honestly… I was, like, in the medical room, and I was down in the corner. I was sitting in the corner like, ‘What am I anymore if I’m not this?'” she said through tears. “And I was literally sitting there and thinking about killing myself. In that exact second I’m like, ‘I’m nothing, what do I do anymore? And no one gives a s–t about me anymore without this.'”

Ronda Rousey was at one of the lowest points in her life, and credits her boyfriend Travis Browne for helping her realize that she has a lot more to live for than just being a UFC fighter. Rousey said she saw Browne standing there and knew she had to stay alive for him.

“To be honest, I looked up and I saw my man — Travis was standing up there — and I looked up at him and I was like, ‘I need to have his babies. I need to stay alive.’ Really that was it,” she said. “I haven’t told anybody that. I think I only told him that. But that was like what I was thinking. I was meant to have him when I was at my lowest. I don’t know if I would have made it without him.”

What do you think about Ronda Rousey’s thoughts on suicide? Leave your comments below.

[Photo by Jae C. Hong/ Associated Press]

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