People who spend long periods of time at home and slowly lose the desire to go outside often think they're just resting. But psychologically, many of them are experiencing something called mental rumination. It's a state where the brain starts slowing down while the number of thoughts inside keeps increasing and the motivation to do anything slowly disappears. The mind gets stuck in the past, worries about the future and burns itself out. This isn't laziness, it's a nervous system stuck in survival mode. And the longer it lasts, the more distant normal life begins to feel. And the difficult part is that you usually can't escape it through one massive burst of motivation. And sometimes,recovery starts with just one small step.
Thinking about Alpha Haaland and Unpresented Jude
Still back in Dortmund, everyone—coaches, teammates, staff—believes Jude is going to present as an alpha, like it's obvious. Like it's already
Haaland disagrees. And he will make sure Jude presents as an omega. +
#haalingham
Haalingham sharing lockers next to each other (even sharing the same mirror) at Dortmund is actually insane ngl. Maybe they were really destined in the stars.
2nd pic is Haaland looking at Jude’s locker one last time before leaving for City.
i’m losing it, first time i’ve seen a dressing room where locker numbers don’t match the shirt order 😭 they can’t even be apart for 15 mins while getting dressed, so the club had to literally scrape off the locker numbers and change them 😭😭😭😭😭
Erling Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge Haaland, was asked in a recent interview about his son’s comments on Lionel Messi and the World Cup.
“I support everything Erling said,” Alf-Inge replied. “He was right to speak up. Messi has been protected for years. FIFA, the media, the sponsors they all built this image around him that no longer matches reality.”
He went further:
“My son wanted to face him properly and show the difference in levels. That chance never came, and I believe it was convenient for certain people. The way the 2023 Ballon d’Or was handled still bothers us. It felt arranged. Erling’s performances that year were ignored while the story stayed focused on Messi.”
Alf-Inge added:
“This idea that Messi is untouchable has gone on too long. Erling sees it, I see it, and a lot of people in football see it. The system has favoured him for too many years, and my son was simply tired of pretending otherwise.”