Dynamo has credited Tyson Fury with inspiring him after the magician attempted suicide.
The Dynamo entertainer, 41, whose real name is Steven Frayne, hit rock bottom and attempted suicide in November 2020 after suffering a series of personal difficulties.
His wife Kelly Frayne was left terrified when she found him unconscious in the dog bed at their home.
The star explained in the Great company with Jamie Laing podcast: ‘So, on November 6, 2020, I tried to take my own life. I kind of just exploded.
“I was hitting everything I could see in front of me in my house, sticking my head through doors, through mirrors, I kept hitting because I was trying to shut out the noise in my head.
Dynamo has credited Tyson Fury with inspiring him after the magician attempted suicide (Dynamo pictured in February)
He was inspired by boxer Tyson, 35, who has a long history of anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts (Tyson pictured from October last year).
‘I wanted to feel something. Is rare. When I was doing all this, I was obviously in pain, but I didn’t feel anything else and my wife basically found me on the floor.
‘Actually I was in the dog bed and in front of one of the mirrors through which I had stuck my head and I came out, bleeding and just coming out.
“I think waking up like that was the most embarrassing I’ve ever felt. The shame was different because when I did it I didn’t think about anyone else, I just saw a reflection of myself and I hated what I was seeing.
“I had all this noise, all this pressure in my head and I didn’t know how to turn it off, so I tried to beat it out and ended up turning off my own lights.”
Dynamo said the first thing he saw when he regained consciousness was his wife sobbing looking at him and their dog sitting next to him.
The artist said he found hope by listening to other people’s struggles and how they overcame difficult times.
He was inspired by boxer Tyson, 35, who has a long history of anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts.
Dyamo said: ‘To be honest, it started with Tyson Fury. When he shared his struggles publicly. He’s someone who, as a northerner, as someone from the lower classes, I can relate to much more than I can relate to a therapist.
Dynamo entertainer, 41, real name Steven Frayne, hit rock bottom and attempted suicide in November 2020 after suffering a series of personal difficulties (Dynamo pictured with his wife Kelly in December last year)
The artist said he found hope by listening to other people’s struggles and how they got through tough times (Tyson pictured December 2022).
“So when I saw him open up, and he’s a big alpha male, as a boxer, he’s someone who would never reveal his weaknesses to his opponents, but what does he do? He does the opposite. He just throws them all out there and that makes him more untouchable.
‘I was inspired by him and started creating magic around the inspiration he gave me.
“I want to show him that magic and I want to have a conversation with him about what inspired me in the hopes that it can inspire other people in the same way.”
Dynamo sank into a depression and was unable to perform after a flare-up of his Crohn’s disease after eating a piece of undercooked chicken led to years of hospitalization.
Last year, he said problems with his medication sent his life into a “vicious cycle” as he felt well enough physically to function but lost all enjoyment in his work.
“If you take away a magician’s magic, you lose your sense of purpose,” he said. Sunday weather.
Dynamo sank into a depression and was unable to perform following a flare-up of his Crohn’s disease after eating a piece of undercooked chicken which led to years of hospitalization (Dynamo pictured October 2010).
He began self-harming and suffered an identity crisis, telling the newspaper: “In the last five years, maybe even longer, I have sometimes lost the will to live.”
Dynamo was off the country’s television screens for four years until a one-off show aired this year; His last show aired in early 2020.
Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, as a teenager, Frayne had to have half of her stomach removed and lived in excruciating pain for years.
He turned to magic to distract himself from his health problems and became a household name in 2011, gaining fame for his incredible street performances, card tricks and stunts.
But his chronic illness has plagued him all that time and flared up in 2017 after he ate a piece of raw chicken at a fast food chain.
He disappeared from public view before speaking about his impact months later, telling his fans that he had been hospitalized with a combination of Crohn’s disease and food poisoning.
The artist revealed that he was still dealing with the side effects of his steroid medication, including arthritis that affected his hands, knees, toes, ankles and neck.
Frayne said sometimes things got so bad that “I couldn’t shuffle a deck of cards.”
He made a three-part miniseries in 2019, in which he performed amazing magic tricks and talked about his road to recovery after a career-threatening illness.
But Frayne was still battling mental health issues and told The Sunday Times that his wife encouraged him to seek help after “incidents of self-harm” and that he began therapy in November 2020.
Tragically, in the midst of his depression, he lost his great-grandmother. Struck with grief, he said she locked herself in and was “afraid to come out.”
