Colts' Braden Smith says OCD battle nearly derailed NFL career, but faith journey helped reclaim football joy

Braden Smith is happy to be back at Indianapolis Colts training camp. The offensive lineman's 2024 NFL campaign ended prematurely due to Smith's struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

More specifically, Smith contended with a specific type of the disorder known as religious scrupulosity. 

Smith embarked on an extensive search for relief, trying therapeutic and medicinal treatments along the way. His journey also took him to Mexico, where he sought out psychedelics.

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He did finally reach a point where he successfully took control of the OCD that previously controlled him. Smith says he entered the latest chapter of his NFL career in a good spot.

"I’m in a spectacular place, honestly," Smith told

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