Published June 6, 2023, 11:20 a.m. by Bethany
mental health issues are a Big Problem Modern football,
A few months ago we headed to Wembley to talk to members of the newly formed mental health Charter about the issues and how to eradicate them from the game. Subscribe to copa90: http://bit.ly/Copa90Subscribe
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a few months ago the wild Players Union
published a study that revealed that
mental health issues are significantly
more wide spread amongst current and
former footballers than the general
population their research identified
injuries in the subsequent isolation of
players from their clubs as one of the
leading causes for these issues on that
same day members of the newly formed
mental health charter gathered at
Wembley Stadium to discuss how they can
tackle mental health in each of their
respective sports and more importantly
reverse the stigma around it the mental
health charter for Sport and Recreation
was created in March of this year really
is a opportunity for sport sports
organizations to be able to pledge their
support to concerns about mental health
and actually sign up to doing something
about it
I'm in support of it because my own
personal journey with mental ill-health
has been well documented
I am so aware not only of the power of
sport but also the prevalence of the
issue within sports men and women last
year minded a report into professional
sports people had to look at their
mental health and well-being and
identified that there's three touch
points when athletes struggle in their
career but when they retire and when
they leave or exit the game and they
struggle in silence copper 90 attended
the day-long event to see what leaders
in football are doing to systematically
support mental well-being among their
players and asked what fans can do to
spark a cultural shift in attitudes
there was a need for players to you know
have the option to talk about stuff I
think what we found was that people
forget that footballers are people first
then footballers and there were people
after leave the game the Academy
structure for example
so children Kemeny macadam is very young
it's their home life their homes whole
social network is are replicated around
the club and then if they become injured
or if at 21 they don't make it their
whole hopes dreams and aspirations their
career prospects their friendship
networks all gone I feel a lot of onus
is put on a physical aspect of players
but not enough we've done an emotional
side of things what it is about football
is that it gives you an identity my own
identity was inextricably linked with
this ball so when that's taken a
my identity or a huge part of it was
also taken away with it absolutely
crucial that players are supported when
they're when they're came next to the
climbing it becomes easier when you're
educated in how to be able to identify
your self-esteem and your work and your
value in life without it being
attributed to something external this
isn't just a football issue this is a
societal issue it's absolutely essential
that former and current players talk
about their their emotional health their
well-being they have a really powerful
role in reducing stigma and
discrimination we can just get more
people talking about mental health
issues and being comfortable talking
about them players who of what issues
will be more comfortable raising it
coaches will be more comfortable dealing
with it leading the charge is colin
dolan founder of mental health football
UK a network of leagues dedicated to
combating mental health issues with the
help of Everton in the community the
organization that helped him get back on
his feet
Dolan organises an annual competition
with clubs across the UK in the spirit
of solidarity and mental fitness and
well-being Everton in the community
saved my life
I would get in the gutter or be dead if
it wasn't for the football the nature of
modern life means that everybody's
living with higher levels of stress and
insecurity and yet the services that are
there for people the support hasn't
caught up we need to have a much bigger
focus on mental health as a society and
actually football is a great vehicle to
bring that message forward it gives you
a platform to express yourself and also
they teach you how you can learn to cope
with your very noses because it gives
you a purpose in life
I actually do feel alive even on a
football pitch it's a buzz but the other
form of therapy has ever given me let's
say medication mental hope mobile you
cave is in bottom of a necessity use
football as a form of therapy to improve
the quality of people's lives that is it
in a nutshell
footballers we've seen in the past can
be a vehicle for communication with the
wider public on an issue like racism but
it's also now important that
football uses its power to show how we
need as a society to change attitudes
towards mental health less it just
changes people's lives this is not just
a good thing this is an amazing thing if
you were to pull a hamstring or just an
ankle the first thing you do you go to
your physio and what we want the players
now to do I feel comfortable about is if
you have a mental health or well-being
problem you know we want you to come
forward to us what we want to see is
that clubs coaches managers across the
entire game really embracing this this
work and talking positively about mental
health and well-being
my journey is incredibly different to
thousands of other journeys that go on
out there it's irrelevant how many
people know about what's going on in
your personal psychological life it's
fundamentally important that someone
knows so there we have it from
professional to grassroots football is
playing a key role in eradicating
stigmas moving the conversation forward
and actively supporting those in need
however it doesn't stop there like Clark
Carlisle said everyone suffers from
mental health issues differently but
regardless of circumstances it's
fundamental that someone's aware when
our mental health suffers and the
responsibility lies within each and
every one of us to help out those
closest to us when we know they're
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