Grant Denyer reveals a doctor told him he 'was going to die' as he details his 'unhealthy' past battles READ MORE: Grant Denyer takes to the air in shock act By Matt Demarco For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:19 BST, 28 August 2024 | Updated: 02:24 BST, 28 August 2024 e-mail 19 shares View comments Grant Denyer has opened up about his health struggles, claiming that he was pushing himself so much to the point where a doctor told him he 'was going to die'. The Deal or No Deal star, 46, appeared on the Mental As Anyone podcast in a candid interview where he made the revelations. 'I was skinny as a rake and unhealthy as hell and the doctor said my organs were running at about seven per cent,' he told the podcast hosts.
'He goes, "If you don't do something about this in the next four weeks, you're going to die." 'It took two lessons for me to realise that I had to change my mindset and how I was approaching life and what I prioritised as important until I learned the lesson and I feel like if I hadn't learned it the second time, it would have been fatal the third.' The previous two lessons for the Gold Logie winner were breaking his back in a car accident, and his chronic fatigue diagnosis.
'I broke my back, which I firmly now believe was not as a result of jumping seven cars in a monster truck but as a result of ignoring all my bodily signs, ignoring all the signals my body was trying to give me to slow the hell down,' Denyer continued. 'You can't sustain this pace and this grind and this aggressive chase for the next rung of the ladder, because you will die. As my body was deteriorating and my mental health was deteriorating, the monster truck crash came along to sit me on my arse,' he added.
Grant Denyer (pictured) has opened up about his health struggles, claiming that he was pushing himself so much to the point where a doctor told him he 'was going to die' Elsewhere in the podcast the TV star admitted that he doesn't like his own reflection. 'I still struggle to look at myself in the mirror,' the television host admitted, adding that there are times he avoids being photographed. 'I think being a slightly smaller guy, I was always under threat from bullies, I was an easy target.
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' he went on. 'The girls never really invested in you because you weren't the big, buff kind of sports guy so you were just always very overlooked. 'Looking in the mirror is like swallowing razorblades,' he added.
Grant went on to explain how even winning a Gold Logie in 2018 didn't do much to soothe his shattered self-image. The Deal or No Deal star, 46, appeared on the Mental As Anyone podcast in a candid interview where he made the revelations 'It was just very depraved, it was vicious. It was very damaging, crippled by perfectionism as well, which is a torturous condition because you are just never happy with your achievements, no matter how great those moments are,' he said.
'It was constantly attacking myself from the inside out. I've had to do a lot of work just to soften that and that still creeps in, it is an ongoing processing. This is the healing that we all do.
' Grant recently broke down in tears as he bravely discussed his struggles with his mental health in a candid new interview. He opened up about how he contemplated suicide after breaking his back and becoming addicted to painkillers in one of the darkest periods of his life. Speaking to the Hit Network's Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little , the former Sunrise weatherman was overcome with emotion as he recalled his struggles.
Grant went on to explain how even winning a Gold Logie in 2018 didn't do much to soothe his shattered self-image Read More Cost of living crisis hits TV as the Deal or No Deal jackpot drops from $2,000,000 to $100,000 Grant - who shares daughters Sailor, 10, Scout, six, and Sunday, two, with his wife Chezzi - revealed his family were his only 'purpose' during the very difficult time. His voice shaking with emotion, the Deal Or No Deal host bravely shared: 'If I didn't have a..
. uh..
. a child at that time, I didn't really see much purpose in going on really. 'I didn't have much fight left or will to go on.
.. so it was for her.
I didn't want [my daughter] to suffer the pain of not having a father around.' Grant confessed he struggled with 'low self-worth' and didn't like himself at the time, but loved his daughter enough to work through the very dark period. 'Yeah.
.. I could inflict pain on myself.
I didn't view myself very favourably. I wasn't very kind. I had very low self-worth.
I had no self-love. But I loved her enough to not want to hurt her,' he shared. 'If you just sort of put one foot in front of the other and just go bit by bit, just one rung at a time, you can kind of, you can get there.
' 'Having trouble with pain meds after a broken back was the darkest period in my life,' he said during the Carrie and Tommy Show. 'I was winning races in Supercars, I was hosting things like Australia's Got Talent, Sunrise, and then bang - the handbrake gets pulled on your life and you have got to lie still for four months. 'I still struggle to look at myself in the mirror,' the television host admitted, adding that there are times he avoids being photographed.
Pictured with wife Chezzi 'You go into your darkest worst nightmares everywhere every time you close your eyes. So just say your worst fear is either your wife leaving you or a home invasion, the moment you close your eyes, you go straight into those worst-case scenarios, every single night. 'And when you wake up, you can't tell the difference between reality and your dreams.
You believe they've all happened.' Grant often discusses his mental health publicly, telling how he became addicted to pain medication after breaking his back in a freak monster truck accident in 2008 . The crash left Grant with a vertebrae that was shattered in 11 pieces, and doctors feared he might never walk again.
In 2014, Grant attended a wellness centre in Thailand which specialises in the treatment of PTSD and exhaustion. 'Going to Thailand was challenging, but it was the smartest thing [me and Chezzi] ever did,' he previously shared. If you or anyone you know needs immediate support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or via lifeline.
org.au. In an emergency, call 000.
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