Glenn Maxwell, the Australian cricket star, had taken an indefinite break from cricket due to mental health issues. Virat Kohli, the famous and captain of India, backed his decision to speak out about his mental concerns and said that he had also been through a low point psychologically in 2014, in England, and did not know how to overcome it or who. to talk about it.
Maxwell withdrew from Australia’s T20 series with Sri Lanka despite playing the first two matches to treat his mental health. Glenn said he was well prepared when he decided to take some time off. The main reason he took that necessary break was that he was psychologically and physically devastated.
Depression and other mental breakdowns are significant problems in professional sports, but few choose to acknowledge them with negative stigma attached to them. Bjorn Borg retired from tennis at the age of 26 after winning 11 Grand Prix titles. He was fed up with the endless work, and his head couldn’t take it anymore. Andrea Jaeger won the Wimbledon and French Open championships in her youth in the early 1980s. After suffering a shoulder injury at age 19, she decided to call it quits and later became a nun. Serena Williams was also momentarily down in the dumps after being forced to take a break from tennis due to injury.
Maxwell stated that he put a lot of pressure on himself to do as much as he could that year and that, right or wrong, it really didn’t turn out the way he hoped. Maxwell stated that he will strive to effectively manage his playing obligations as well as his own expectations of him for the rest of his career.
Depression and other psychological health problems are conditions that require specialized treatment. And it is much more common than you think. The ‘grin and bear it’ mentality would only make things worse. As Maxwell said, the first step toward recovery is admitting that you’re experiencing mental anguish and talking to someone about it.
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