Kyrgios Advocates For Men To Open Up About 'Important Mental Struggles'
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Nick Kyrgios took a lot of time to properly open up about his mental struggles and it was a profound experience for the Australian as he admitted at Wimbledon.
Kyrgios battled many demons throughout his career and it took him a long time to properly open up about some of those struggles. Many things in his life suffered; from the relationships with those closest to him to his tennis.
He has since opened up about all of his struggles which include him dealing with depression, alcoholism, self-harm and even a visit to a psychiatric ward. The last thing among those happened in London and it was the lowest point of his life a few years ago.
He was asked about his mental health ahead of this year's Wimbledon after enduring a very challenging year that mostly consisted of a very tough rehab which was hard on him as well as a rather shaky return to the sport recently. He urged everyone to open up because it's important, athletes and regular people alike.
Yeah, I mean, it took me seven, eight years to be able to just open up about that. I kept it very close to the chest for a long time. But I think it's important. I think a lot of athletes kind of go through that.
But just general people that go through the mental struggles, I feel like it's a bit better now. Especially males felt like it was kind of hard to open up, admit they were struggling.
He also drew parallels to 2019 because it was right here in London around this time of the year when the lowest point happened. He crashed out of Wimbledon and spiralled out of control after that. Fast forward to now, and he's feeling a lot better.
Yeah, I feel very different to how I was feeling obviously throughout that period in 2019. Yeah, look, I guess I feel great now. Obviously, yeah, it's hard because I'm putting so much expectation on myself. Compared to that time, I'm feeling a lot better.
However, this year, the Australian won't compete as he announced his withdrawal on Sunday, after he sustained a wrist injury.
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