The Australian enjoyed a remarkably successful career in the top flight of grand prix racing, banking two world championships during a seven-year stint between 2006 and 2012.
However that success came at a price, Stoner revealing that he was “as sick of a dog” for much of his MotoGP career due to an undiagnosed battle with anxiety.
Speaking to the Gypsy Tales podcast, Stoner admitted that during his career he would lay on the motorhome floor between sessions, and that, “the better weekend I had, the more I wanted to die”.
He has only recently been formally diagnosed with anxiety, and says had he known about it at the time it may have been easier to deal with.
“I’ve only been very recently diagnosed with anxiety, which I didn’t actually know was a thing,” said Stoner.
“Quite honestly I thought it was just something people made up to say… another way to be stressed out. Everyone gets stressed.
“Even my back locks up from my anxiety. Between the shoulder blades. I can feel it come…
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