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Depression can be awful, and while everyone gets it differently (as far as I can tell) seeing the team succeed without him must have been tough for him as he'd really come on in the last couple of seasons before his injury.
It's a very brave move to go public on this. I can't remember another active top flight footballer in recent times who's been open about significant mental health issues (I think Beckham said he had OCD at one point?) and I hope it helps him and can help others to seek help/treatment as appropriate. The most important thing is that he gets whatever help that he needs going forward.
It sounds like the club helped as much as it could (arranging for him to see a psychiatrist) but as with any issue like this the problem needs to be diagnosed and the patient needs to accept the diagnosis and be willing to work on it. That's nowhere near as straightforward as going to the physio with a pulled hamstring, obviously.
It's a very brave move to go public on this. I can't remember another active top flight footballer in recent times who's been open about significant mental health issues (I think Beckham said he had OCD at one point?) and I hope it helps him and can help others to seek help/treatment as appropriate. The most important thing is that he gets whatever help that he needs going forward.
It sounds like the club helped as much as it could (arranging for him to see a psychiatrist) but as with any issue like this the problem needs to be diagnosed and the patient needs to accept the diagnosis and be willing to work on it. That's nowhere near as straightforward as going to the physio with a pulled hamstring, obviously.