Freddie Flintoff Documentary on Depression

[Glen53]

Its a stressful and unforgiving world we live in and nobody has time to keep a close eye on each other anymore.

The world is in too much of a hurry and if you care too much, you will quickly find yourself drowning in bad feeling. I was once told that people with depression tend to see the world as it is - its the 'ordinary' people who look at it through rose tinted glasses. I think theres a lot of truth in that.

[Flea]

I watched it and found myself 'comforted' for want of a better word, that other people's feelings and experiences of suffering from depression were the same as mine.

Found this article interesting too:

http://afemanistview.blogspot.com/2012/01/andrew-flintoff-on-depression-and.html

[Zaf]

thanks for the link :)

[lbruk]

i found it incredibly hard to talk about having depression, anxiety and all the other stuff that came along with it. Unfortunately my work didnt care about it either and basically got rid of me - story for another time! - but when i got to the priory, i was very surprised how many men there were there receiving treatment for the same illnesses i have.

i had always been under the impression that, depression is for those that cant be bothered, or its an excuse to be lazy. i'd be lying if that wasnt what i also thought. until i broke, literally broke, i didnt understand what was going on with me and i didnt feel that i could talk about it. Men dont suffer from things like this? do they? well they do! and lots of us! the divide between acceptability of depression between male and female is still staggering, or from my experience it is. the anger i feel towards where i worked for treating a female with care and understanding and then me with a "you are rubbish" mentality has irecoverably scared me against what a lot of people feel towards men and mental illnesses.

i unfortunately had the same opinion as they did for a while, but with some one like Flintoff "coming out" like he did can only help to re-balance the scales in terms of what people think of all mental illnesses, male or female, young or old, famous or not!

[Desperado99]

I have to say, I never used to understand what depression was like......... well, you live and learn. If nothing else, I've learnt a HUGE life-lesson in the last month, and I hope I'll be far more understanding in the years to come.

[smirfy21]

this is how I found the documentary for those that want to watch it http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b019gbpk/Freddie_Flintoff_Hidden_Side_of_Sport/