It has been over three months since Boston Celtics All-Star forward Gordon Hayward suffered a devastating fractured tibia and dislocated ankle less than six minutes in the season opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This has provided plenty of time for Hayward to recollect the difficult time he had after the injury of trying to fall asleep knowing that traumatic incident occurred to him, according to Tom Haberstroh of Bleacher Report.

“You lay awake, you can't fall asleep,” Hayward tells B/R Mag, looking back at the first sleepless nights following his traumatic injury in the Boston Celtics' season opener.

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The 27-year-old was having much trouble coming to terms with the freak injury that happened on a play that he had done numerous times throughout his career. On top of that, it took place less than a quarter into his first game with the Celtics, immediately crushing all his aspirations for a strong start to the next chapter of his NBA career.

It also marked the first major injury of Hayward's career that made it even more difficult for him to grasp what had happened. This was an experience that he had never gone through before in his basketball career.

There were clearly hard times early on in the recovery, but Hayward has progressively worked his way back from the injury. He is now out of the walking boot, steadily ramping up his rehab workload that may have eyes toward returning late this season. Ultimately, it was a dark period of his career that had much uncertainty and pure shock that he had actually gone through that traumatic experience.