A Guide To Positive Mental Health

The aim of this guide is to promote positive mental health in sport - and football in particular. Mental health issues can be harder to spot than a physical injury, but how much support the sufferer receives can make a big difference to their recovery As an ex footballer myself, I lost my career abruptly 23 years ago,” said Elwood-Stokes. “I was not able to face football, I couldn’t even bear to hear the word and I went into a massive spiral of depression, so severely that I was self harming, taking over doses and planning my own death. Basically, if I couldn’t play football I wanted to be dead. After years of taking anti depressants and having many sessions of bereavement counselling to get over the loss of my career, I have finally returned to the game.