Gazza's Gone Loopy
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Sad, looks like the race between brain cells and liver function as to what will give up the ghost first is hotting up.
Perhaps Gazza just entered the Last Chance Saloon. :( |
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'Gazza Goes Gaga' might be a more appropriate thread title ;)
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He's been in the wilderness since finishing football, he really needs some true friends around him to offer support.
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I have been doing a lot of research on mental illness recently and while I am far from being a psychiatrist, it is saddening to put down a textbook description of classic manic depressive* symptoms, then pick up this afternoon's Daily Record PM and read a big feature on Gazza that basically describes exactly the same pattern of behaviour - up to and including the alcohol abuse and wife-beating. He has been sectioned and is in a secure psychiatric ward. This is the best place for him at the moment, as a diagnosis and treatment should be possible. In the long term, though, he is going to face a long road to recovery and he will need a close cohort of true friends around him. By which I mean, people who don't think taking him on a drinking binge to help take his mind off it is a good idea. We can only hope, anyway. * Professionals tend to call it Bipolar Disorder these days, I confess before I started reading I didn't realise manic depression and bipolar disorder are the same thing. |
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I wonder how many of todays entertainers are bipolar? Just off the top of my head I can think of Stephen Fry , Robbie Williams and Britney Spears (suspected IIRC).
BTW, Stephen Fry's excellent documentaries on the subject are worth watching if you can find them, especially as they explain the pros and cons of Bipolar disorder clearly, the pros being (for him) that is a lot more funny when he is on a high, and suffers really bad depression (to the point where he has considered suicide) when he is on a low. Hope Gazza is able to manage the illness well. |
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a great shame and a wasted talent if only gazza had better management he could of been the worlds best
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I thought last night's channel 4 documentary, "Surviving Gazza" was an excellent insight into the problem he faces, and particularly those his addiction has caused for his family.. Well worth watching if you can.
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