Leeds Utd,schizophrenia & Leeds Mad

[Orgoner]

I'll go back to fixing the kitchen ceiling then...

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

No need to explain at all Totty but glad you shared your experiences and challenges.

I can’t begin to think how proud of you your mum and dad must be in the way you have faced up to your challenges.

More importantly just think you make interesting posts , which often make me chuckle - I quite like detail too but that is probably down to my job.

[Monaco_Totty]

No need to explain at all Totty but glad you shared your experiences and challenges.

I can’t begin to think how proud of you your mum and dad must be in the way you have faced up to your challenges.

More importantly just think you make interesting posts , which often make me chuckle - I quite like detail too but that is probably down to my job.

Mum just told me your line of work.

Don't take on to many case-loads & lay off any late night tempted nips of Whiskey just in case you start seeing my roaming cartoon characters sat next to you.

If you do you tell them to F*** off with my blessings.

[spaldy]

Thank you for sharing. You are blessed to be able to show some of your inner feelings.

I am blessed to not have mental illness and still sharp at 61. However, sharing inner feelings is not a skill set I possess. Not a function of repressive parents or expectations of being "macho" by my family. Just kind of how I'm wired. spent some time in some violent schools so it was never limited to a single horrible event such as your pic. Hardened the resolve to survive and stand my ground. I was also blessed to be born in a peacetime era. Military service is the greatest love you can show for your country but really hardens and alters a person. It's why I deeply believe that weakness never results in peace or stability.

I do think sports, and to a lesser degree blogs, represent an escape for many of us.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

If you like reading non fiction books - give Tribe a go - tries to explain a bit about the attraction of military service and war and some of what may be missing in modern society.

[ozleeds]

Does anyone watch the tv series, Ted Lasso?
I just binge-watched it yesterday and today and freakin was laughing and crying. It's funny as but it tells a story that is inspiring.
Anyone who doesn't have apple tv and wants to watch it let me know I can link where to watch it all.
Just a preview to those that haven't watched it.

[Orgoner]

Does anyone watch the tv series, Ted Lasso?
I just binge-watched it yesterday and today and freakin was laughing and crying. It's funny as but it tells a story that is inspiring.
Anyone who doesn't have apple tv and wants to watch it let me know I can link where to watch it all.
Just a preview to those that haven't watched it.

I keep meaning to watch that, but don't seem to have ready access to it here in the USA without paying. I'm cheap, me.

Supposed to be pretty well done though?

[Monaco_Totty]

Thank you for sharing. You are blessed to be able to show some of your inner feelings.

I am blessed to not have mental illness and still sharp at 61. However, sharing inner feelings is not a skill set I possess. Not a function of repressive parents or expectations of being "macho" by my family. Just kind of how I'm wired. spent some time in some violent schools so it was never limited to a single horrible event such as your pic. Hardened the resolve to survive and stand my ground. I was also blessed to be born in a peacetime era. Military service is the greatest love you can show for your country but really hardens and alters a person. It's why I deeply believe that weakness never results in peace or stability.

I do think sports, and to a lesser degree blogs, represent an escape for many of us.

Most of the men I've shared psychology sessions with have the same mindset Spaldy.

Two well known physically fit intelligent footballers who I've spent times with in session and have talked to out of session in recovery units [who I am allowed to name] said exactly the same.

Both ex-Leeds players living in Yorkshire & doing lots of fantastic work when well,now helping people in need of mental health advice - Aaron Lennon & Clark Carlisle.

Both footballers knew how to look after physical health but didn’t really know who to turn to when starting to feel low and became very ill.

Both didn’t realise they needed help until it was too late and both would tell friends and family they were okay sadly when it was not.

Both now regularly go into schools & colleges & Academies to explain the importance of the need to ask for for help instead of hiding away feeling ashamed of what family and friends would think because people who need help can be difficult to spot and they tend to cover it up very well which I and many others did.

[Orgoner]

Most of the men I've shared psychology sessions with have the same mindset Spaldy.

Two well known physically fit intelligent footballers who I've spent times with in session and have talked to out of session in recovery units [who I am allowed to name] said exactly the same.

Both ex-Leeds players living in Yorkshire & doing lots of fantastic work when well,now helping people in need of mental health advice - Aaron Lennon & Clark Carlisle.

Both footballers knew how to look after physical health but didn’t really know who to turn to when starting to feel low and became very ill.

Both didn’t realise they needed help until it was too late and both would tell friends and family they were okay sadly when it was not.

Both now regularly go into schools & colleges & Academies to explain the importance of the need to ask for for help instead of hiding away feeling ashamed of what family and friends would think because people who need help can be difficult to spot and they tend to cover it up very well which I and many others did.

I can imagine the transition from lauded professional footballer to something close to "normal" life can't be straightforward, especially when fans can be absolute tools when they perceive your skills to be waning and you eventually become "surplus to requirements."

Obviously nowhere near the same level as the two you mention, but as my football playing days came to an end, I got irritated as my official squad number steadily got higher each season, despite my having no significant ties to the initial number I was issued (I went from 6 to 16 to 18).