Ex-international cricketer and TV personality Freddie Flintoff, 47, sustained serious injuries after being involved in an accident at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome during a Top Gear filming session. He was whisked away by air ambulance to receive medical treatment when his vehicle skidded along the runway, later retreating from the public gaze whilst convalescing from his ordeal. In a touching Disney+ documentary, cameras were granted access to accompany Freddie during his medical visits, as he enjoyed watching cricket, and as he tentatively stepped back into the limelight. Expressing his heartfelt struggle, he related how he secluded himself, avoiding going out lest people noticed his wounds, and the toll this took on his family life. "You want to be there for the kids and you don't want to miss stuff, fortunately I've got four of them," he said, reports Lancs Live. "I spent all this time with the 3 and a half year old and he won't come near me, he'd get frightened of my face, frightened of me. That was heartbreaking." Freddie continued, revealing: "I've got PTSD and I get anxious. There's times I find myself crying for no particular reason." Furthermore, he confessed that he relives the distressing incident "every night when I go to bed", stating: "I still live it everyday. I see the car every night when I go to bed. It's so vivid. Not slept the same since. "It's a movie in my head but I've watched it as well in car footage. I've seen it, I demanded it. I wanted validation for myself, this is why I'm feeling this, this is why I'm so bad. "The memories are so real to the point where I'm talking about it and I'm getting a bit jittery and I can feel the pain in the side of my face, I can feel the phantom pain. It's like a curse really." Discussing his motivation for creating the documentary, he shared: "At first it was quite strange. It's something you live with. Since the accident, had the flashbacks, the nightmares and things... you're talking about it, you're talking about it quite a lot. "I enjoy watching the cricket bits, wish there was more of them in it. The hardest part is seeing people talk about you." While on The Jonathan Ross Show, he further added: "I was struggling with crippling anxiety. I had to have about five or six goes at leaving the room. Had to have a chat with myself in the mirror. I think because I'd not done anything for such a long time. I'd not shown myself without a face mask to anyone. It was like starting again." Flintoff will be available to stream on Disney+ on April 25.