5 Things We Learned From WWE Chronicle: Becky Lynch

3. She "Got Depressed" Before Quitting The Business

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In one of the most candid sections of the feature, the producer asks Becky why she abandoned the industry completely for seven whole years. Completely unguarded, Lynch bluntly states that a lot of it was "self-sabotage".

The SmackDown Women's champ goes on to explain that it was the prospect of success, not failure, which she feared. She is surprisingly forthright about the lack of support she received from her family, hinting that she was not mentally prepared for the tumult of hitting the top.

Becky's dragged-up anxieties are plainly visible as she recounts, timidly gnawing on her thumb, that she "couldn't even face up to the fact [I] couldn't face up to it," using an injury as "an excuse" to step away from the business.

Most remarkably, Lynch coyly reveals that she "never felt more low and ashamed" of herself. One of the themes of the documentary focuses on 'psychological toughness'. Once more, it becomes starkly clear just how much those within the business are expected to ignore their emotional well-being - to the extent that a mental health setback is derided rather than accepted.

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