Top Soccer Star Offers Hope to Depression Sufferers


	Top Soccer Star Offers Hope to Depression Sufferers

abailart

10-10-2007 3:54 PM

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depression, recovery

abailart says:

It can happen to anyone no matter how much they've got going for them.

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<FONT size="2">The Nottingham Forest midfielder said he had not experienced depression, with the help of medication, for a year.
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<FONT size="2">He was speaking at the launch of a booklet called Routes to Recovery.
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<FONT size="2">He said: "There is hope for anyone with depression. Don't feel alone, it's okay, it's an illness - you can recover from it.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7035602.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/B448F194-8286-452A-9499-B93872D24C88" alt="Neil Lennon" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7035602.stm"><P><FONT size="2">"I said to myself, why am I feeling this way?
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<FONT size="2">"I've achieved everything in my life I wanted to do - very well off as well.
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<FONT size="2">"But all those things mean nothing unless you've got your own health, your happiness</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7035602.stm"><P><FONT size="2">"It tires you out, it wears you down, because it is with you everywhere, it is a constant  battle to try and make yourself right."
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<FONT size="2">Lennon told an audience it was nothing to be ashamed of.</FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3F42D771-90B4-46EB-94DE-656E5EB6163B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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