Pavard speaks openly about past depression
Benjamin Pavard
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Benjamin Pavard has spoken openly about a depression that has since passed. The isolation caused by corona restrictions had hit him.
Benjamin Pavard has spoken openly about past depressions. The isolation caused by the corona restrictions had given the FC Bayern star a hard time.
Many people felt restricted or lonely due to the severe restrictions imposed by the Corona measures in 2020 and 2021. Benjamin Pavard was also one of them, as he is now facing the French Le Parisien betrayed.
“I hid it from everyone”: Pavard on mental health issues
The Bayern defender spoke openly about a very difficult time for him (via football.news): “Something was wrong in my head. In the beginning you say it’s nothing, that it will pass, but when you see that it lasts and then you go to training and you don’t have a smile on your face, you have to react.”
One of the symptoms that manifested itself in him was a persistent lack of appetite. A sign for him that he had mental problems to overcome.
The fact that Pavard speaks so openly about it is a good sign in two senses: on the one hand, because depression and other mental illnesses are still taboo too often. On the other hand, because it clearly shows that top athletes worth millions can also contract it.
“Even though I have a nice house with a gym, I needed human contact,” the 26-year-old also spoke of this conflict, which too many people today continue to see as a kind of antidote.
The Frenchman elaborated: “I don’t like the word depression but it was. I hid it from everyone but today I’m much better. I came out of it a better person. It changed me.”
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This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Pavard speaks openly about past depression released.