While NFL players were in the trenches of a grueling season, Braden Smith was fighting a different battle: the one going on inside his own mind.
In the middle of what was meant to be a playoff-contending season for the Indianapolis Colts, Smith instead was consumed with thoughts about his faith. What started out as the formative steps in his religious journey quickly became an all-encompassing struggle.
But he wasn’t just coming to terms with his faith; he was also learning about his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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