Comments on: Robert Enke and Depression in Professional Sportsmen http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/10/robert-enke-and-depression-in-professional-sportsmen/ Exploring football culture around the world Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:41:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: A Mental Game: Sports Psychology is the Future (and Always Will Be?) | Pitch Invasion http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/10/robert-enke-and-depression-in-professional-sportsmen/comment-page-1/#comment-21293 A Mental Game: Sports Psychology is the Future (and Always Will Be?) | Pitch Invasion Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:09:19 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4514#comment-21293 [...] of psychological challenges many of us face at various points in our lives—an issue tragically illustrated by the recent suicide of Robert Enke.  Soccer players have no special immunity to psychological distress.  So while there is a special [...] [...] of psychological challenges many of us face at various points in our lives—an issue tragically illustrated by the recent suicide of Robert Enke.  Soccer players have no special immunity to psychological distress.  So while there is a special [...]

]]> By: Marcus Maybourne http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/10/robert-enke-and-depression-in-professional-sportsmen/comment-page-1/#comment-16025 Marcus Maybourne Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:58:00 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4514#comment-16025 This is definitely a compelling problem. Professional sports, like the world of business, is an arena where one is expected to be able to bring 100% effectiveness every time. However, it does seem that as awareness of the true nature of depression is raised, it is becoming more acceptable for individuals in highly competitive fields to seek treatment. This is definitely a compelling problem. Professional sports, like the world of business, is an arena where one is expected to be able to bring 100% effectiveness every time. However, it does seem that as awareness of the true nature of depression is raised, it is becoming more acceptable for individuals in highly competitive fields to seek treatment.

]]> By: James Miller http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/10/robert-enke-and-depression-in-professional-sportsmen/comment-page-1/#comment-14305 James Miller Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:53:46 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4514#comment-14305 I am a coeliac and have been very successful in life. But used to suffer from lethargy that some might call it mild depression, which is one of the symptoms of the undiagnosed disease. It's just that your gut doesn't absorb all of those vitamins like B12, that your brain needs to be tip-top. But I have never suffered from anything like this since I was diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2003. In fact, despite being 62, I'm now pretty well as bright as a button most of the time. I say most of the time, because I've had a very tough two years. In December 2007, my wife of nearly forty years died of cancer of the heart and now my son has got pancreatic cancer. But I am not depressed. I'm just bloody angry and want to make sure that I do something so that others don't suffer. I know that if it had happened to me before diagnosis, I would have crumbled. In the UK, studies have shown that 1-in-100 are coeliacs, so you expect that there would be a smattering of coeliac sportsmen. But there are not! Only Hayley Turner, one of the top jockeys, is a coeliac. I also wonder these days, that sportsmen are on heavy pasta diets for weight and stamina. So they probably eat a lot of the evil gluten! And one of the classic anti-depressants is Ritalin. Which guess what contains wheat starch as a filler. It's a mess out there and my heart goes out to all those who suffer from depression and especially to the family of Robert Enke. A lot more research needs to be done about the link between the gluten in wheat, barley and rye and depression. I am a coeliac and have been very successful in life. But used to suffer from lethargy that some might call it mild depression, which is one of the symptoms of the undiagnosed disease. It’s just that your gut doesn’t absorb all of those vitamins like B12, that your brain needs to be tip-top.

But I have never suffered from anything like this since I was diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2003. In fact, despite being 62, I’m now pretty well as bright as a button most of the time.

I say most of the time, because I’ve had a very tough two years. In December 2007, my wife of nearly forty years died of cancer of the heart and now my son has got pancreatic cancer. But I am not depressed. I’m just bloody angry and want to make sure that I do something so that others don’t suffer. I know that if it had happened to me before diagnosis, I would have crumbled.

In the UK, studies have shown that 1-in-100 are coeliacs, so you expect that there would be a smattering of coeliac sportsmen. But there are not! Only Hayley Turner, one of the top jockeys, is a coeliac.

I also wonder these days, that sportsmen are on heavy pasta diets for weight and stamina. So they probably eat a lot of the evil gluten! And one of the classic anti-depressants is Ritalin. Which guess what contains wheat starch as a filler.

It’s a mess out there and my heart goes out to all those who suffer from depression and especially to the family of Robert Enke.

A lot more research needs to be done about the link between the gluten in wheat, barley and rye and depression.

]]> By: Robert Enke and Depression in Professional Sportsmen « Scissors Kick http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/10/robert-enke-and-depression-in-professional-sportsmen/comment-page-1/#comment-13522 Robert Enke and Depression in Professional Sportsmen « Scissors Kick Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:16:15 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4514#comment-13522 [...] Robert Enke and Depression in Professional Sportsmen “This week the football world was shocked by the suicide of Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke. Seemingly at the top of his career Enke was firmly established as the first choice stopper at one of Germany’s most respected clubs, and looked the favorite to be his country’s number one heading into the World Cup next summer in South Africa. That was before depression claimed his life after just thirty-two years.” (Pitch Invasion) [...] [...] Robert Enke and Depression in Professional Sportsmen “This week the football world was shocked by the suicide of Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke. Seemingly at the top of his career Enke was firmly established as the first choice stopper at one of Germany’s most respected clubs, and looked the favorite to be his country’s number one heading into the World Cup next summer in South Africa. That was before depression claimed his life after just thirty-two years.” (Pitch Invasion) [...]

]]> By: Matt http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/10/robert-enke-and-depression-in-professional-sportsmen/comment-page-1/#comment-13492 Matt Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:04:31 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4514#comment-13492 Interesting article on a very sad event. My thoughts are with Enke's family. Interesting article on a very sad event. My thoughts are with Enke’s family.

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