Gianluigi Buffon testifies to having experienced a period of depression during his career. In an interview given to our Italian colleagues from Corriere della Sera this Tuesday, November 19, the former goalkeeper of the Squadra Azzurra (176 caps) admits to having experienced a depressive episode in 2003, after the defeat of Juventus Turin in the final of the Champions League against AC Milan (0-0, 3-2 tab). “It was the end of 2003, the championship had started well, then we started to run out of steamdetailed Buffon for the Corriere della Sera. We had won two championships in a row: after the climb, the descent. The void opened before me. I started sleeping badly. I went to bed and felt anxious, thinking I wouldn’t sleep. »
“I refused medication for fear of becoming dependent on it”
A phase of “descent” who also pursued him in the field: “I had a panic attack. I felt pressure in my chest, I couldn’t breathe, I thought I would never want to be in the cage again and that I would never be able to play a match again. A few weeks later, Doctor Agricola made the diagnosis, which was then confirmed by the psychotherapist: depression. »
Despite doctors’ advice, the former PSG goalkeeper (during the 2018-2019 season) says he “refused medication” out of fear “to become dependent on it” and made the opposite choice to cultivate “other interests” that football, like “painting” which allowed him to gradually get out of this situation.
“You don’t get over depression easily, but my life has really been like that: fall down, get up againconcluded Buffon for the Italian daily. I made mistakes, like everyone else, and I never hid them. »
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