Vincent & Yardy... (depression)

[Trigger]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/lou-vincent-my-depression-is-an-ongoing-battle-day-to-day-its-there-2296795.html

 

[Marc]

Such as shame IF its true about Yards, not heard anything confirmed and I'm off work today so wont know either way.
Never new Lou had/has it, he's a great bloke as its Trescothick...I actually believe I'm his new best friend as hes always up for a chat about random stuff when hes at Hove

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Good article. As a fellow sufferer, I have a massive amount of sympathy for them.

There will always people that do not understand the condition and see a well travelled professional sportsman earning a decent wage and wondering why they would be 'unhappy'. As Boycott so ineloquently showed, people have a difficult time in separating being 'unhappy' and being 'depressed'.

From my own experience, for the first time in as long as I care to remember, I see a future and I feel as though I am me again. For far too long, I put on a brave face and brushed everything off. Remained at the position of being the life of the party and the funny one. It all became too tiring in the end, a feeling of being weak. There were days when I didn't have enough energy or courage to climb out of bed. There is no way I could have spent a day or two standing in the field, in relative silence, being watched by a crowd of people or the pressure of having to perform for a team.

I guess, being an invisible disease, it is difficult to empathise.

I might write to Mr Yardy, presumably c/o Sussex County Cricket Club, Marc?

 

[Marc]

I might write to Mr Yardy, presumably c/o Sussex County Cricket Club, Marc?

I guess so mate yeah, that'd be good of you

 

[sydney]

difficult subject , would you rather be a depressed ,professional sportsman or a depressed afghan shepperd...

 

[Barrel of Fun]

difficult subject , would you rather be a depressed ,professional sportsman or a depressed afghan shepperd...

Either way you will feel like there will be no future, so it wouldn't matter. It is how you feel afterwards that counts.

"It's almost taboo to talk about it," he says. "But it's not just cricketers [who suffer], that's the scariest thing. Everyone seems to go through it – it's normal. It's worth getting help but when you get out the other side – it's f***ing cool."

 

[sydney]

Either way you will feel like there will be no future, so it wouldn't matter. It is how you feel afterwards that counts.

have no personal experience but baby sat a suicidal brother for 6 weeks after his wife f***ed him over.......3 attempts , morbidly psychotic was the term used .....not pleasant at all and wouldn't wish it on anyone , do however , raise an eyebrow when these guys on lucrative sporting contracts still find time to be depressed......i mean wtf..? no offence meant like.

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

Yardy to miss Somerset clash from 14/6/11 Argus

Sussex skipper Mike Yardy is expected to miss tonight’s televised Twenty20 clash with Somerset after suffering a relapse in his battle against depression.

Yardy revealed he was suffering from the illness after returning home early from the World Cup in March and missed the opening month of the domestic season.

The 30-year-old has been a regular in the side since making his comeback in the CB40 victory against Holland at the start of May but left the field during the closing overs of the T20 defeat to Middlesex on Friday.

Sussex have been careful to protect Yardy as he continues his recovery and are expected to release a statement before tonight’s match at Hove which explains the all-rounder’s ongoing situation.

Murray Goodwin, who captained the side in Yardy’s absence at the start of the season, is likely to take over as skipper again until the England international is ready to return.

It means Sussex will have to change their team for the first time in the competition against a Somerset side skippered by Marcus Trescothick who has also endured his own battle with depression.

 

[Falkor]

have no personal experience but baby sat a suicidal brother for 6 weeks after his wife f***ed him over.......3 attempts , morbidly psychotic was the term used .....not pleasant at all and wouldn't wish it on anyone , do however , raise an eyebrow when these guys on lucrative sporting contracts still find time to be depressed......i mean wtf..? no offence meant like.

Its not as simple as that is actually a chemical imbalance in the brain, i have Borderline personality disorder and PTSD and i use to hear voices aswell. I have to say i would rather have my leg cut of and got threw the mental torture i do, some times im great like at the moment, but sometimes im trying to take overdoses and once even climbed over a raiway bridge and was hanging of it i didnt drop i got back up and called an ambulance.

Its such a bastard illness, people that dont have it just dont understand the hell people got threw, i want to work but am not able to at the moment as im just not stable enough, i am doing some volunteer stuff just trying to get back into the routine.

Just as you have money means nothing, money cant buy you happiness.

I hope the lads get well soon, i have not started my contact with the mental health team down there yet, but i have heard they are very good.

 

[The Large One]

From Cricinfo

Yardy misses further action with depression

Michael Yardy, the Sussex captain and England limited-overs allrounder, has been given another rest period by the county to aid his treatment for depression.

Yardy was forced to return home early from England's World Cup campaign in March and he missed the first month of the county season with the illness. He then returned to action in the CB40 match against Netherlands, at Hove, on May 2 and played his first Championship game against Nottinghamshire the following week.

Though Yardy played in last Friday's Friends Life t20 match against Middlesex at Hove he left the field after he had bowled his four overs. His absence was explained as a groin niggle at the time.

He will now miss Sussex's t20 match against Somerset at Hove on as he has been given a further period of time out of cricket. A statement issued by the club said that Yardy expects to return to action soon: "Michael has played a lot of cricket over the last six weeks and feels that a short break now will assist his continued recovery, and enable him to return to competitive action soon."

 

[Kumquat]

Good article. As a fellow sufferer, I have a massive amount of sympathy for them.

There will always people that do not understand the condition and see a well travelled professional sportsman earning a decent wage and wondering why they would be 'unhappy'. As Boycott so ineloquently showed, people have a difficult time in separating being 'unhappy' and being 'depressed'.

From my own experience, for the first time in as long as I care to remember, I see a future and I feel as though I am me again. For far too long, I put on a brave face and brushed everything off. Remained at the position of being the life of the party and the funny one. It all became too tiring in the end, a feeling of being weak. There were days when I didn't have enough energy or courage to climb out of bed. There is no way I could have spent a day or two standing in the field, in relative silence, being watched by a crowd of people or the pressure of having to perform for a team.

I guess, being an invisible disease, it is difficult to empathise.

I might write to Mr Yardy, presumably c/o Sussex County Cricket Club, Marc?

Great post. Exactly my circumstances. Just taken voluntary redundancy where I work and just doing that has made me realise how much the job itself was affecting me and finally starting to feel myself again. Your descriotion of the experience is very eloquent. Hope it keeps improving for you.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

have no personal experience but baby sat a suicidal brother for 6 weeks after his wife f***ed him over.......3 attempts , morbidly psychotic was the term used .....not pleasant at all and wouldn't wish it on anyone , do however , raise an eyebrow when these guys on lucrative sporting contracts still find time to be depressed......i mean wtf..? no offence meant like.

Are you surprised when they find time to have cancer or irritable bowel syndrome or flu.. Or do you really mean "I don't understand that depression is an illness"?

 

[Skint Gull]

I think most sensible people can understand that depression is an illness, its just that it is an illness that you expect to be triggered by something rather than many cancers or flu being relatively random. I understand how it can happen to anyone, but i think some people have this perception that if you are rich and famous, nothing can possibly make you depressed!

 

[brakespear]

Either way you will feel like there will be no future, so it wouldn't matter. It is how you feel afterwards that counts.

This. Having recovered from a bad period myself recently it feels so much better now.

 

[sydney]

Are you surprised when they find time to have cancer or irritable bowel syndrome or flu.. Or do you really mean "I don't understand that depression is an illness"?

i realise it is an illness that can hit anyone , anytime.........however i find it surprising that guys who are supposedly living the dream are susceptible so frequently....seems to be a big problem with english cricketers , is it the long periods on tour that get to them , is the black dog such a problem with pro' footballers......... try not to be condescending old boy , i'm not on a wind up.

 

[Marc]

i realise it is an illness that can hit anyone , anytime.........however i find it surprising that guys who are supposedly living the dream are susceptible so frequently....seems to be a big problem with english cricketers , is it the long periods on tour that get to them , is the black dog such a problem with pro' footballers......... try not to be condescending old boy , i'm not on a wind up.

its exactly that, being away from home and your family for months on end, living in and out of hotel rooms with not much to do, doing press interviews every other day saying the exact same things over and over again......I personally think i'd go nuts with that lifestyle knowing that the only time you're "free" is when you're actually playing cricket!