Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Discusses Battle with Depression The action-film star opened up to The Express about his mother's attempted suicide when he was 15 years old. Struggle and pain is real. I was devastated and depressed. I reached a point where I didn't want to do a thing or go anywhere. I was crying constantly. Johnson shared the story on Instagram after shooting a scene for HBO's Ballers, in which his character visited a suicidal friend. Shits of a scene to shoot - didn’t like it - but it did reminder that we always gotta do our best to really pay attention when people are in pain. Help ‘em thru it, get ‘em talkin’ about the struggle and remind ‘em that they’re not alone. We got lucky that day when I was 15, and that ain’t always the case.