Overview
- West, 29, told the We Need To Talk podcast that seeing a fatal stabbing outside his childhood home left him with persistent PTSD.
- He detailed long‑lasting triggers and habits, including compulsively making his bed, avoiding knives on screen or at the table, and refusing to walk on the side of the street where the attack occurred.
- He said years of silence culminated in a pre‑dawn crisis on a bridge, where he decided against taking his life and returned home.
- According to his account, the killing involved a £20 cocaine dispute and a police response with arrests and tear gas, details he recounts from memory.
- He framed openness as his "biggest strength," with media reports sharing his message and directing readers to Samaritans for support.