fans watched battle mental health issues throughout season 46 — and his struggles didn’t cease once he returned home. “I had a tough time at the end of August. A lot of the jury didn’t talk to me.
I did have my friends from premerge,” Ben, 31, exclusively told on Thursday, May 23, following the finale. “I did have [ ,] I did have but it was really hard to go through and feel like nobody gave me a chance to tell my story after suffering so hard.” Throughout the season, Ben was candid about experiencing panic attacks during his time on the island.
Both Charlie, 26, Liz, 35, and winner were by his side as he went through the scary moments on the beaches in Fiji. While Ben appreciated having support on the island, he confessed that he also tried to handle his night terrors on his own. “I went to the beach by myself so I wouldn’t be a burden on people,” he explained while noting that his loved ones back home kept him going in the game.
“And I would sit there and sing my songs to myself and sing some Oasis lyrics, ‘Got to be yourself, can’t be no one else.’ And I was just proud of myself.” However, Ben confessed that his night terrors returned after he arrived home from filming.
( wrapped up filming before premiered in fall 2023.) “My night terrors started coming back at the end of August [2023] for a couple months while [season] 45 was airing,” he told . “And I was like, ‘Here’s another test.
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