Raven Opens Up on Struggle With Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease

Raven has opened up on struggling with early-onset Parkinson's Disease -- a condition he alluded to having earlier this year. The WWE, WCW and ECW favorite credits drinking, drug use and multiple chair shots to the head as the likely reasons he's afflicted with the condition.

Raven stopped by The Ariel Helwani Show earlier today (October 8) to promote his new documentary, Nevermore: The Raven Effect. He spoke to the MMA and combat sports journalist about his health and the regrets he has from his past.

"I think it shows me and it shows all my complexity throughout my life," Raven said about the documentary. "But now that I'm content or basically as content as I've ever been... other than this stupid tremor I got from the Parkinson's. I've got early-onset Parkinson's so if you see me tremor that's why, but other than that I don't think [the documentary] really touches enough on my current life to do any damage to it."

"I'm lucky it hasn't affected me too bad," Raven expanded on his health. "When I get anxious the tremor gets worse or when I'm really tired... and I have a sleep disorder... but look, you got to pay the piper sometime. For all the drugs and alcohol and chair shots I took to the head, you know, you've got to pay for the damage at some point."

"I've got tons of regrets. Anybody who says they don't have regrets is full of shit. I've got tons of regrets, I've got tons of things I would've done differently, but I didn't. It made me who I am and I'm happy with who I am. I would rather be happy with who I am at the end of my life than be happy earlier in my life and not happy at the end. So many people's lives, they come to misfortune at the end and that would be the worst thing you could have happen. I want my golden years to be golden, not shit, right?"

Raven's new documentary is scheduled to show in various theaters throughout the country in October and November, with Amazon Prime streaming the doc on November 18.