I’ve been suffering from the worst depression for about 10 days now. Maybe a month really in total but it’s been a dark fog for 10 days. I’ve really had to dig so deep to try and get through it.
As deep as I did when I had to give up drinking and ended up in hospital. As deep as when Tina, Snoop, Jumbo and Derek died within a few months.
This wave of darkness has been especially bad. I’ve had to use all the tools I know. Breathing exercises. Walking alone. Talking to friends. It’s extra frustrating as I try to do everything right and it still keeps coming. As anybody who suffers knows the symptoms hitting me are…
🧠 Brain moving in slow motion. Thoughts are like molasses. Indecision. Lethargy etc.
😴 Incredibly poor sleep. Waking with anxiety 2-3 times a night.
😬 Small panic attacks where I can feel my heart thinking it might stop or explode.
😖 Extreme irritability. Even with my dogs and people and things I like.
I like to share it because I think it can help others. People will say I have a lot on my plate with hospital builds and the scope of what we are doing. But to be honest I know how hard it is for a mother trying to get 2 kids to school. A young chef (used to me) who is addicted to booze and doesn’t know who to tell. An elderly person with a life of anxiety and no social circle. Every type of person in every walk of life can suffer. Since I’ve shared it I get messages from executives, sports people, performers, celebs and some of the most outwardly confident people in life. It can hit anybody.
The 2 things I think about the most to try beat it are Tina and some of the dogs we’ve helped. Tina will get me through this tough phase and I’ll keep my promises to her. The other dogs in their homes with their wonderful humans show me why we do this. I need to get my spark back to help all those future dogs.
To those who support and send me messages and leave comments it helps more than you’ll ever know. One of these mornings the sun will rise and things will click back to normal. It always does.
Please look after yourselves and be kind to others as you never know what someone might be going through. ❤️
While on holiday in Greece, Philippe Coutinho was spotted at a restaurant by Liverpool fans who gave him a brilliant reception, by singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” With the whole restaurant. 🇧🇷🔴
This year would have been Crawfs 50th birthday so we are looking to raise as much money as possible to donate to Bridewell Gardens in his honour. Please see below link to the Gofundme page set up by Crawfs sister.
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“This is it, this is happening”
Tickets on sale this Saturday 31st August (🇮🇪8AM IST / 🇬🇧9AM BST)
Dates:
Cardiff Principality Stadium - 4th/5th July
Manchester Heaton Park - 11th/12th/19th/20th July
London Wembley Stadium - 25th/26th July & 2nd/3rd August
Edinburgh Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium - 8th/9th August
Dublin Croke Park - 16th/17th August
Reading through some lovely tributes to Rob Burrow this morning.
This remains the picture that says it all for me and gets me every time I see it.
Rob became a shadow of his former self but those around him - like Sir Kevin Sinfield - helped to lift him up and showed us all what true friendship means ❤️
There are very few managers who get to leave a club like this.
He understood the club, the fans and the city and they loved him for it.
#Klopp#Liverpool
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍 And it’s time for action.
Take that first step to getting help. Or share this post and help us reach someone who really needs to see it 💙