Richarlison (Tottenham) tells that he was depressed, and the psychologist saved his life – VIDEO

Tottenham striker and Brazilian international Richarlison spoke to ESPN about the deep depression he went through in 2023. He recommended everyone who feels the need to consult a psychologist.

Months in a row, I saw him dejected, he even burst into tears on the bench in the middle of a Brazil match. After a rather crazy year 2022 for him, marked by an XXL transfer to Tottenham and a World Cup in Qatar during which he scored three goals without being able to prevent the Seleçao from reaching the quarter-finals, Richarlison was totally exhausted in 2023, pressed by a violent depression.

“Before training, I just wanted to go home. I wanted to lock myself in my room because… I don’t know. I don’t know what was going on in my head,” the 26-year-old player told ESPN Brazil. “I even told my father that I would give up everything.”

The reason: a series of problems. Criticism of his developments, on the one hand, and a separation from his long-term agent, on the other, amid financial damages. “What I went through after the World Cup, to find out these things about people who lived with me for years, it’s crazy,” he continues. “To go to my father, who has been chasing this dream with me for years, and say, ‘Dad, I feel like giving up’, it’s crazy. I had just played in a World Cup. And I felt that I have reached my limits”.

“I’m not going to tell you about suicide, but… I was depressed,” admits Richarlison. “I just wanted to stop everything. I suffered a lot of attacks after the World Cup, and with the personal problems at home on top of that, it affected me a lot. Even though I looked mentally strong, everything came crashing down.”

The Brazilian international, in tears during the interview given to ESPN, admits that, without external help, he probably would never have recovered. “I think the psychologist saved me. He saved my life,” he says. “I had nothing but dark thoughts in my head. Even on Google I was only looking for things like this, about death.”

Richarlison now has a message to convey: “Today, I’m telling you, if you need to go to a psychologist, go to a psychologist, because it’s good for you to be able to open up, talk to someone (…) It saves lives . I used to be reluctant, I thought there was no point. Even in my family there are people who think that if someone goes to a psychologist, they are crazy. But I tried it and it was just wonderful. It’s just the greatest discovery that I have done in my life”.

Richarlison has been playing at Tottenham since 2022, where he is a teammate of Radu Drăguşin.

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