Participating in an “ESPN” program, Nilmar talked about the fight against depression in the world of football, and the prejudice against the disease; look
Nilmaris the guest of next Friday’s ESPN Review. And the former striker spoke about a sensitive subject that surrounded part of his career: the fight against depression. The football environment was not the most friendly, but the player sought to understand the problem and treat it as quickly as possible. The program will air at 10pm, with a presentation by André Plihal and shares of Lugano, Loving It is Luis Fabiano.
Nilmar revealed his illness a few years ago, after being away from his career following a spell at Santos. It was in the São Paulo team where the striker felt the illness most strongly, which made it impossible for him to have a successful spell at the club. The exposure of depression is still uncommon in the world of football.
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“To be honest, today I’m doing very well, but it was very difficult to accept bringing this to the public at the time. This prejudice still exists, but today depression is much more accepted. I see today that if I had sought help back in the Arab world, maybe everything wouldn’t have happened the way it did, it wouldn’t have gotten worse. But it took a while until I understood what I had”, explained Nilmar.
The player also reinforced the difficulties of facing the disease within football. “I thought that because I was a privileged guy, who played in the World Cup, the national team. But I started to have people around me who began to understand more about depression, who understood that it was true and that it could happen to anyone. But if I made a “mistake”, it was in the times of the Arab world, of not dealing with this back then.”, he added.
Before arriving at Santos, Nilmar spent two years at Al Nassr, where he began to suffer from depression. His career was marked by important spells for teams such as International, Corinthians It is Villarreal. When he was in European football, he was called up by Dunga to compete in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Source: sportbuzz
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