I just wanted to add a little note about England Cricketer Michael Yardy who had made the hard decision to return home from the World Cup early after admitting to suffering with depression.
This must have been such a tough choice to make and I think it once again highlights how depression affects strong minded people who put themselves under incredible pressure to perform well. Your body can only cope with so much for so long before the circuit breaks. I hope he has the time, space and support to make a full recovery and get back to the game soon, if that's what he still wants!
As captain for Sussex too, I heard on the news this morning that cricketers at this level can spend around 300 nights a year in hotels, a very lonely time in addition to the pressure of the sport and the captaincy role too.
What nobody needs at a time like this is someone like Geoffrey Boycott throwing in his two pence worth with his inaccurate, old fashioned views. He said yesterday in the news that he never suffered with depression because he was "good enough".. OK, it doesn't affect everyone but it is only ever going to affect the people in this world who are over achievers, have unrealistic high expectations or are 'too good'.
It's people in the public eye like Yardy who help to make mental health an acceptable topic of conversation hopefully educating more people along the way.
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