JAKARTA - No matter how many opportunities life presents, Mike Tyson can't live away from scandal. A few months ago, the most dominant champion of the heavyweight division punched a passenger on the plane, which repeatedly bothered him.

In a recent event, a woman, for no reason, stuck her finger in 'Iron' Mike's nose as he took a picture with a fan.

This type of public encounter has caused serious problems throughout Tyson's life and this is something that has been bothering him deeply. Because, as he admits on his own podcast, he is a person who has a hard time controlling his temper. and this made him feel bad about himself.

"I can't control my violence - does that make sense to you? I'm Mike Tyson. I'm so scared of everything. The only thing I know is to attack. They don't think I hate myself. I'm so scared of being so violent ," said Mike Tyson quoted from Marca, Thursday.

In a recent episode of the Spotify podcast, titled "Hot Box In" Tyson talks with his therapist, Sean McFarland (aka Seano), a specialist in chemical addiction and trauma from childhood experiences. There, they discuss the complicated childhood of 'Iron' Mike, who has caused all these problems throughout his adult life.

The 56-year-old former boxer explains that that's why he acts practically with pure natural instincts where he is constantly attacking and attacking, something that gave him great success early in his career in boxing, when he seemed invincible, but that was also the cause of his downfall. unstable career and personal life.

Mike Tyson training with hallucinogenic mushrooms?

In another interview, now for the podcast "The Pivot", Tyson reveals that as part of a method he is trying to heal himself emotionally, he has used alternative methods such as consuming ayahuasca, which allows him to develop deep introspection. And during his most recent exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr in November 2020, he was under the influence of a hallucinogen.

"They (hallucinogenic mushrooms) help me train, they help me box better. When I fight, I don't feel the punches (Jones Jr.). It's like magic," said Tyson.

"Did you watch me fight Roy Jones Jr? I've eaten mushrooms. I wouldn't fight without eating them, are you crazy? And some weeds. I wish I had eaten these mushrooms my whole career."

Even in December 2020, Tyson ate hallucinogenic mushrooms during an interview with Logan Paul: "It's just mushrooms. It's what we are made of. When we die, we become like this again," Tyson concluded.


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