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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is being praised for recently opening up about his battle with depression.

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00:00Dwayne The Rock Johnson has bravely opened up about his struggles with depression.

00:04The actor spoke with The Express two months after a February 1 Instagram post in which

00:08he told of his mother's suicide attempt when he was just 15 years old.

00:12Johnson recalled the day that his mother tried to take her own life by walking into

00:16oncoming traffic in front of him. The actor wrote,

00:30Johnson told The Express about the toll that day has since taken on his psyche.

00:44Johnson decided to share his story after shooting a difficult scene for the upcoming season

00:49of his hit HBO series, Ballers. He wrote on Instagram,

00:52Not your typical scene on our comedy Ballers as I cracked a beer open toasting my character's

00:57brother William who committed suicide. Though he admitted that he didn't like how hard

01:01the scene was to shoot, he pointed out that it was a reminder that

01:04We've always got to do our best to really pay attention when people are in pain.

01:08Help them through it, get them talking about the struggle and remind them that they're not alone.

01:13We got lucky that day when I was 15 and that ain't always the case.

01:17That Instagram post has more than one million likes. Johnson was also lavish with praise from fans

01:22and some in Hollywood for opening up about his struggle.

01:25On Sunday night, Johnson took to Twitter to thank his followers for their support

01:28in a message accompanied by a story covering his comments.

01:31Got tons of responses to this, he wrote.

01:46To read more on Dwayne Johnson opening up about his struggle with depression, head to THR.com.

01:51For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.