Caitlyn Jenner contemplated suicide during transition

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Aug 05 2016 | 10:28 AM IST
Caitlyn Jenner says she was suicidal during her transition into a woman.
In an interview with Bill Simmons on "Any Given Wednesday", the "I Am Cait" star said she considered suicide after she underwent surgery on her Adam's apple back in February 2014 and paparazzi clicked her leaving the doctor's clinic, reported Aceshowbiz.
"I could not sleep that night. I'm up at 3 am walking up and down my hallway, thinking, 'Damn, all this is going to come out tomorrow and it's going to be horrible,' And I said, 'You know what? Easy way. Go in the other room. You got a gun. Let's just end it right here.'," Jenner said.
"That's, like, the easy way out. No more pain, no more nothing. I don't have to deal with the tabloids any longer. I don't have to deal with any of this. And that was probably the lowest I've ever gotten," she added.
But the next day, she says she changed her mind, and told herself she didn't want to end her life story "on a negative note".
"That was the beginning of me turning my thinking around to say, 'Ok, I think I can do this.'"
She went on to say she now feels differently about life.
"Going through this, I have renewed my excitement for life. My life today is so interesting, so simple. It really is so simple," she said.
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First Published: Aug 05 2016 | 10:28 AM IST