Ross-Gazza genius 1,798 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Just seen on sky sports that he was battling depression whilst playing for us and that he's in a better place now after getting help. I blame the wee guy outside the chippy!!!! Horrible illness that seems to be affecting more and more people these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Gazza genius 1,798 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Delete, just seen there was another thread about this a few months ago 🤦♂️. I must have missed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueteeth 2,185 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Thanks for letting us know again. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 88,615 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Tell him not to contact dan deacon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 minute ago, born a blue nose said: Tell him not to contact dan deacon Caring little sympathetic soul is Dan, I reckon he is an agony aunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I hope he's feeling better and also feeling better for having made public his condition. Quite why he feels he needs to make a public statement about this is a mystery to me. I suspect many folks in broadly similar depression (or other mental related or even physical related) conditions do what British people have generally done throughout the ages and kept the matter to themselves and their doctors and close family / friends and got on with their lives the best way they can with close support from family and friends. Seeking some sort of publicity about it seems to be a newish fashion. Maybe the reason a case of adding to raising awareness, or looking for sympathy, or to help encourage other sports persons to 'come out' (so to speak)? I don't know. Only he will know. These days there is almost too much information about people and personalities and the like swirling about in the public domain. It used to be the case that information was knowledge or information was power. Nowadays its information as a bit of a gossip commodity or too much of it to get 'me me' attention. In relation to so-called personalities or folks who get media attention that's not going to change or get any better, only more and more of it shovelled out into the public domain for consumption by the world wide public. Anyhow, I hope he continues to feel better and get into even better places. No doubt he'll want to use the media again downstream to keep everybody advised of progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobar 13,676 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Should be playing on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 38 minutes ago, Reformation Bear said: I hope he's feeling better and also feeling better for having made public his condition. Quite why he feels he needs to make a public statement about this is a mystery to me. I suspect many folks in broadly similar depression (or other mental related or even physical related) conditions do what s British people have generally done throughout the ageand kept the matter to themselves and their doctors and close family / friends and got on with their lives the best way they can with close support from family and friends. Seeking some sort of publicity about it seems to be a newish fashion. Maybe the reason a case of adding to raising awareness, or looking for sympathy, or to help encourage other sports persons to 'come out' (so to speak)? I don't know. Only he will know. These days there is almost too much information about people and personalities and the like swirling about in the public domain. It used to be the case that information was knowledge or information was power. Nowadays its information as a bit of a gossip commodity or too much of it to get 'me me' attention. In relation to so-called personalities or folks who get media attention that's not going to change or get any better, only more and more of it shovelled out into the public domain for consumption by the world wide public. Anyhow, I hope he continues to feel better and get into even better places. No doubt he'll want to use the media again downstream to keep everybody advised of progress. Because suicide as a result of mental health problems is the single biggest killer of males in the United Kingdom. Seeing someone with an ostensibly successful life, great career, well-paid job, adulation from thousands every week suffering from such a problem will help others speak up about their own problems or seek intervention before they become yet another young male who has taken their own life. 6500 people killed themselves in the UK last year with around 75% of those being male. Today is also World Mental Health Day. Doing what "British people have generally done throughout the ages" may well be a big part of the reason that more men in this country die from suicide than any other single cause. But nah, he's just want the attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Just now, The Dude said: Because suicide as a result of mental health problems is the single biggest killer of males in the United Kingdom. Seeing someone with an ostensibly successful life, great career, well-paid job, adulation from thousands every week suffering from such a problem will help others speak up about their own problems or seek intervention before they become yet another young male who has taken their own life. 6500 people killed themselves in the UK last year with around 75% of those being male. Today is also World Mentla Health Day. But nah, he's just want the attention. If that's his reasoning then that's his choice and fair enough. Maybe it will help others speak up or seek help or offer help where they are in a position to do so. I don't know whether or not that is, or will be, the case and if his disclosure helps others then that must indeed be a good thing. As for single biggest killer I had understood this to be in relation to males under the age of 45. That's not to minimize the scale or importance of the issue, just to note that there is a particularly acute issue for a younger generation. In Scotland I wonder what publicity steps or other information / support Rangers and indeed other football and (more widely) other professions including media, acting, other sports such as cricket etc in Scotland are doing today to highlight the issue. Maybe there will be some good publicity about it in the newspapers or on television tonight. The Scottish Government website for instance makes mention today of the appointment of a lawyer QC Laura Dunlop as the new President of Mental Health Tribunal. She replaces a doctor who was president for the past 11 years. There is also an article on the Scottish Government's Twitter account. But as far as I can see that's about it as far as generating awareness today and nothing by the Government of encouraging big-name personalities to add their weight of influence to the world wide importance of the day. Nothing so far today on the Rangers website about the subject either. But I see Prince Harry and someone called Ed Sheeran have done a 'Gingers Unite' video for the day. That's clearly good. Wonder if any Scottish personalities would be doing something similar. Perhaps the news programmes later this evening will carry some useful features about how Scotland marked the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 70,359 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Him and his team had me almost suicidal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Reformation Bear said: If that's his reasoning then that's his choice and fair enough. Maybe it will help others speak up or seek help or offer help where they are in a position to do so. I don't know whether or not that is, or will be, the case and if his disclosure helps others then that must indeed be a good thing. As for single biggest killer I had understood this to be in relation to males under the age of 45. That's not to minimize the scale or importance of the issue, just to note that there is a particularly acute issue for a younger generation. In Scotland I wonder what publicity steps or other information / support Rangers and indeed other football and (more widely) other professions including media, acting, other sports such as cricket etc in Scotland are doing today to highlight the issue. Maybe there will be some good publicity about it in the newspapers or on television tonight. The Scottish Government website for instance makes mention today of the appointment of a lawyer QC Laura Dunlop as the new President of Mental Health Tribunal. She replaces a doctor who was president for the past 11 years. There is also an article on the Scottish Government's Twitter account. But as far as I can see that's about it as far as generating awareness today and nothing by the Government of encouraging big-name personalities to add their weight of influence to the world wide importance of the day. Nothing so far today on the Rangers website about the subject either. But I see Prince Harry and someone called Ed Sheeran have done a 'Gingers Unite' video for the day. That's clearly good. Wonder if any Scottish personalities would be doing something similar. Perhaps the news programmes later this evening will carry some useful features about how Scotland marked the day. I don't really think Mental Health Day is one that is 'marked' by big public events and desperate attempts by people to show how thoughtful they are or mournful (a bit like some others).Given that he explicitly stated that was his intent when he first went public - and as someone who has been on both sides of the fence, it really does help others speak up. I've spoken about my battles with depression in the past publicly and I've had strangers on social media reach out to me and say it encouraged them to get help for their own problems so I can only imagine the impact someone with a profile similar to Waghorn. It's not just about having 'big name celebrities' come out and say 'it's okay to have depression/anxiety/an other', many people aren't comfortable discussing their own mental health in a public forum. Those that do however should be praised for doing so. The highest rate of suicide in any age group is men between 45-49. Far higher than any of the younger age groups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookWorm 3,607 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Rubbish footballer. Really bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger4life_1872 28,728 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, The Dude said: I don't really think Mental Health Day is one that is 'marked' by big public events and desperate attempts by people to show how thoughtful they are or mournful (a bit like some others).Given that he explicitly stated that was his intent when he first went public - and as someone who has been on both sides of the fence, it really does help others speak up. I've spoken about my battles with depression in the past publicly and I've had strangers on social media reach out to me and say it encouraged them to get help for their own problems so I can only imagine the impact someone with a profile similar to Waghorn. It's not just about having 'big name celebrities' come out and say 'it's okay to have depression/anxiety/an other', many people aren't comfortable discussing their own mental health in a public forum. Those that do however should be praised for doing so. The highest rate of suicide in any age group is men between 45-49. Far higher than any of the younger age groups. Any other problems and you should pm @Dan Deacon , hes setting up a support sub forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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