Angela Lee Opens Up About Car Crash and Suicide Attempt: The Importance of Mental Health in MMA
Key points:
- ONE atomweight champion Angela Lee opens up about her 2017 car crash, revealing it was a suicide attempt.
- Lee attributes the suicide attempt to the pressure and stress leading up to her title defense.
- The article highlights the importance of mental health in the MMA community.
Angela Lee, the ONE atomweight champion, has revealed that her car crash in 2017 was not an accident, but instead a suicide attempt. In an emotional piece for The Players’ Tribune, Lee shared how the pressure, stress, and expectations leading up to her title fight had become overwhelming. She described feeling that making weight for the fight was the most important thing in her life, and the thought of failing terrified her. Lee has since returned to the cage but unfortunately had to cope with the loss of her sister to suicide as well. She has now created a non-profit organization to promote mental and physical wellness in the combat sports community.
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