Richarlison (26) is having a great season at Tottenham, scoring 10 goals and 3 assists in 23 Premier League games. The Brazilian attacker has always been characterized by his ‘tough and bad guy’ facade. However, behind that appearance, there is a footballer who has suffered a lot. And before the football player, even if sometimes forgotten, there is a person with feelings, problems and better and worse moments.
The depression after the World Cup in Qatar: ”I’m looking for things about death”
After the World Cup in Qatar, everything went wrong and he had such a bad time that he wanted to quit football. ”After the World Cup I will train and I want to go back home, to my room. I don’t know what’s going on in my mind. I even told my father that I was going to quit football. I only played in one World Cup, I was at my best, but I reached my limit. I was depressed, wanted to give up. I, who seemed strong minded, after the World Cup everything seemed to fall apart”, recognized the Brazilian in an interview for the ESPN Brazil broadcast this Wednesday.
”I went into a depression”
The Tottenham attacker explained that ”I have only played in one World Cup, in my best moment. But I reached my limit, I won’t talk about suicide, but I went into depression and wanted to leave. Even I seem to have a strong mind,” he admitted, totally broken.
”The psychologist saved my life”
Richarlison, who is also affected by external issues, admits that despite everything, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. In this case, the help of psychologists. ”This is the best discovery of my life. Like it or not, it saved my life. I was just thinking nonsense, even on Google, I just searched for garbage, I just wanted to see garbage about death.”.
Lesson learned: ”I thought it was nonsense, that I was crazy”
The former Everton man admitted he had “prejudices” with mental health. ”I thought it was nonsense, that I was crazy. In my family there are people who think that anyone who goes to a psychologist is crazy. But I discovered it and I thought it was awesome. Now I can say to look for a psychologist if you need to, because it is very important. Life jacket”.
Source: La Verdad
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