Posts Tagged "depression"

It is a glamorous lifestyle; traveling the world, making a lot of money playing the game you love. But cricket can be a very monopolistic sport. The pressurised world which the players inhabit can make them especially vulnerable to metal illness, in particular, depression.

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Professional cricket throws up very distinct challenges to those with a tendency to depression, whether the player is an international cricketer or on the domestic circuit.

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Four years ago today, I received one of the worst phone calls of my life. It was the phone call we all dread; the one where someone tells you that a family member or friend has died. This time, it was my footy coach passing on the sad news.

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Hands up all those who have shouted at the television or snorted with derision from the stands when a footballer, or any athlete for that matter, fluffs a pass, lets in a goal or gets knocked out in the first round?

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