[Football] Football and mental health

father_and_son said:

The Royal example is the one I find the hardest to understand why anyone would think he "had it easy".

This is someone who was born to do a certain job. No choice, no option, from birth he has been told exactly how is life would be. He has had a series of nannies due to the inevitable absence of his parents, one of which died very publicly and which the prevailing 'conspiracy story' still touted by the less high brow media is that his grandparents arranged her death.
His childhood, teenage years, education etc were all played out in the public eye.

He literally never has a day off, he has had close protection with him (or near him) his entire life.

He has never been allowed to a have what we would consider normal life experiences.

It comes as no surprise to me, his mental health has taken a severe beating and I have the greatest respect for him entering the debate and dismissing some of the taboos.

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Beach Seagull said:

I live in the real world not the namby pamby one. I believe in getting on with it and not feeling sorry for ya self. Ha ha lights blue touch paper.......

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dazzer6666 said:

.....and still the shit keeps flowing from you. Incredible levels of ignorance, offensiveness and insensitivity despite numerous people trying to help you understand and despite you now knowing many on here have real experience of depression and it’s effects.

I can’t work out if you’re one of those twattish 14 year-olds that thrive on posting inflammatory stuff on twitter purely to wind people up, or just a genuine, weapons-grade ****.

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Chicken Run said:

Social Media represents a clear and present danger to not only people with MH concerns but young people in general.

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Durlston said:

I very nearly flounced off NSC for probably at least a couple of months after the horrifying posts to my vulnerable mind yesterday until I went for a coffee with a friend this morning.

She said she gets trolled a lot for being a single mum and she's one of the most thick skinned people I know. Her words to me were along the lines of "never let the bullies win. Their lives are so sad that they get a kick out of upsetting decent, sensitive and caring people".

Thank heavens she was there in her shop working. She could see the state I was in.

You lose, goldstone and Beach Seagull.

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Durlston said:

I'm sorry but there was a huge thread months ago that wasn't trolled. It supported fans on here that were going through a tough time.

I hope this one gets binned.

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father_and_son said:

The Royal example is the one I find the hardest to understand why anyone would think he "had it easy".

This is someone who was born to do a certain job. No choice, no option, from birth he has been told exactly how is life would be. He has had a series of nannies due to the inevitable absence of his parents, one of which died very publicly and which the prevailing 'conspiracy story' still touted by the less high brow media is that his grandparents arranged her death.
His childhood, teenage years, education etc were all played out in the public eye.

He literally never has a day off, he has had close protection with him (or near him) his entire life.

He has never been allowed to a have what we would consider normal life experiences.

It comes as no surprise to me, his mental health has taken a severe beating and I have the greatest respect for him entering the debate and dismissing some of the taboos.

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father_and_son said:

The Royal example is the one I find the hardest to understand why anyone would think he "had it easy".

This is someone who was born to do a certain job. No choice, no option, from birth he has been told exactly how is life would be. He has had a series of nannies due to the inevitable absence of his parents, one of which died very publicly and which the prevailing 'conspiracy story' still touted by the less high brow media is that his grandparents arranged her death.
His childhood, teenage years, education etc were all played out in the public eye.

He literally never has a day off, he has had close protection with him (or near him) his entire life.

He has never been allowed to a have what we would consider normal life experiences.

It comes as no surprise to me, his mental health has taken a severe beating and I have the greatest respect for him entering the debate and dismissing some of the taboos.

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Beach Seagull said:

Really? Easy to say that harder to do. I would gladly swap mental well being (whatever that is) for a few million and when I felt down I would get on a plane and sit on a beach drinking pina coladas.

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Mr Banana said:

While anyone can suffer from mental health rubbish, the royal family is an anachronistic institution that perpetuates the chasmic inequalities in society - and the poorest are worst affected by and least able to receive effective treatment for mental health problems.

With some bravery and common sense, he could take a stand and decry the daft position he is in through nothing more than a chance of birth. It's great that he's using his standing to highlight important issues but if you or I were suddenly gifted his status I suspect we would feel embarrassed at the ridiculousness of the situation and want no part in a centuries-old hierarchy that creates privilege based on **** all.

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father_and_son said:

Whilst not arguing the Republic/Royalist debate... That's for another thread. Even if he abdicated (or whatever it is called to remove yourself from the line of succession) he would still be hounded by the media, he would still have lost a parent at a young age and still have been born into the role and lived the life until he was old enough to make the call.

Whether the wrongs of inherited titles and privilege he would still face ALL of the same issues so absolutely top marks for him using the position he has to make public his own views and experiences on this topic.

You may not like the role but the man in it deserves respect for this.

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father_and_son said:

The Royal example is the one I find the hardest to understand why anyone would think he "had it easy".

This is someone who was born to do a certain job. No choice, no option, from birth he has been told exactly how is life would be. He has had a series of nannies due to the inevitable absence of his parents, one of which died very publicly and which the prevailing 'conspiracy story' still touted by the less high brow media is that his grandparents arranged her death.
His childhood, teenage years, education etc were all played out in the public eye.

He literally never has a day off, he has had close protection with him (or near him) his entire life.

He has never been allowed to a have what we would consider normal life experiences.

It comes as no surprise to me, his mental health has taken a severe beating and I have the greatest respect for him entering the debate and dismissing some of the taboos.

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Chicken Run said:

Unless I’m mistaken there’s only a couple of perps seemingly trolling?

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Durlston said:

It was Beach Seagull making more and more offensive and disgraceful remarks. As someone said when he was in a hole he kept digging to justify his outrageous remarks. If he'd just apologised on page 2 or 3 and said he didn't understand mental health I would have been able to forgive him. Instead he carried on and behaved like a total tit.

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Weststander said:

After a while he was palpably enjoying his 15 minutes of fame on this thread. A sad individual.

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Chicken Run said:

I’m incredibly concerned that there are an awful lot of users of this site who are affected personally by some degree of mental health concerns, I hope you are all getting the support you deserve and need. [emoji106]

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